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i may have to turn off the cricket! andrew strauss is repeatedly saying "you can't underestimate" where he means "you can't overestimate".

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I think I've just heard a golf commentator saying (of a young player) "prodigy of Jack Nicklaus". Might he have meant "protoge"? (excuse lack of accents).

From programme review in Sunday Times Culture section:

'...this is a more intimate, chattier portrait of the family than we are usually privilege to.'

Should that be 'privy'?

I agree: protege and privy.

Here's another wrong "underestimated" (about Rio Tinto destroying sacred aboriginal sites in Australia):

"There are less than a handful of known Aboriginal sites in Australia that are as old as this one... its importance cannot be underestimated," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.

Thanks, Orson. It's always good to get confirmation that one hasn't oneself made a mistake.

With 'protege' it does help to know the French 'proteger' = to protect. So the protege is taken under someone's wing.

Forgive the acute lack of accents!

chriseE

He might have meant progeny.

Tyke

Thanks for your posting re cricket on another thread. I have enjoyed following the County Cricket and am pleased that my county, Worcs are doing so well. Interesting that Derby and Leics also made good starts. Nice to have a Championship that anyone can win - possibly Yorks - Somerset final?

I wont be watching the rubbish that has just started.

Tyke

sorry, I missed your post, but hope you are enjoying rain-afffected season.

JIgjag

I expected Lancs to do better, but think it might be Somerst - Essex final.

I might watch T20 v Pakistan tomorrow as it is on BBc