RE: Page 4 Sunday Times2 Jan 2022 16:45
But you really seem to struggle with the difference.
A hostile army is approaching, they outnumber you 10 to 1. You're untrained. People here a loud bang and start panicking. "They have tanks, we're doomed'. You gaze out through your telescope and report back to your people. "Not to worry boys and girls, no need to run and hide, those measures won't work, the bang was a jeep backfiring, they only have automatic rifles. I'm sure they'll just want to drop in for a brew and then they'll harmlessly move on. We're all going to be just fine. 10 minutes later. One of the mercenaries speaks "oh, I thought this village was abandoned years ago, we would have walked right by, if only you would have ran and hid, oh well. Dribbles splutters his last word, you could just about here it "sorry".
One day the penny will drop Dribbles that the term milder is only relative to what it is you are comparing it to. The term Mild is definitive and means mild.