Sink, sank, sunk
Who woulda thunk
That the ABC
Would say the bedding stunk?

Watch 4 Corners last night? It was pretty depressing and quite scary.

But what got my goat was the person saying the bedding ‘stunk’. I’ve noticed for a long time that the ABC News finance segment presenter often says “the market sunk today”.

Pleeeease, ABC: the market might sink, or it sank, or it has sunk. I will swim, I swam, I have swum. I might stink, I stank, I have stunk. Well, maybe that’s going a bit far but you get the idea. Future, present, past. I wish they wouldn’t mix these tenses.

I’ve had in mind to email Alan Kohler for some time:

Sink, sank, sunk
Who woulda thunk
That the market sunk
Or are you talking bunk?

Often, I think
The market might sink
That could cause a stink
And dealers go to clink.

Alas, the market sank
Before I reached the bank
But then I think I thank
My stars; it’s all a wank!

PC