What Is The Origin Of (209)?...
What Is The Origin Of (209)?…
The man on the Clapham omnibus
It is a while since I have been to Clapham, never mind travelled to or from by bus, but I suspect that the demographics of the area have changed since this phrase sprang up. It was used to denote the average or typical person, the man on the street or, as the Americans might put it, an ordinary Joe. We live in a much more polarised society but this mythical person…
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