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Chris, when did tranche, or tranche, if you will, become the go-to word for a pile of documents?

Well, it entered my vocabulary at about 20 past seven this morning on the radio.

Actually, about 10 minutes before, but I thought, am I sure how to actually pronounce this word?

Because I'm tempted to say tranch, but rather than tranche.

And then I googled it, and it's, it's French, which I should have perhaps realized.

And polite giggles in the newscast studio.

So, but it is a tronch, it is a tronch day, isn't it? A dollop of documents, you also said. I've been trying to think of other alternatives to the word tronch all day. Well, my Googling this morning threw up portion and slice as synonyms. Chunk. Chunk. Dollop. I like dollop. you said a digital data dump or something

on the radio

6 o'clock

news said to something like that a digital data deluge well that is what we are going to talk about we are going to talk about the first set of documents the first tronch if you like of documents that have been released relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson Lord Manderson as US ambassador

and we should do that on this episode of Newscast

Newscast.

Newscast from the BBC.

Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons.

I was the tappletail in the class.

Can I have an apology, please?

I trust almost nobody.

Then daddy has to sometimes do strong language.

Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no salulu. Take me down to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow.

I feel delulu with no salulu.

Take me down to Downey Street.

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