David Seaton
American journalist living in Madrid, Spain
USA: mature or overripe?
Google and the NSAAmong the casualties of the Snowden stories are an embarrassed and chastened White House, an American technology sector which has seen its own government tarnish its business model of a global, open internet and the strong US relationships with allies such as Germany. Financial Times In English we make a clear difference between “mature” and “ripe”. We also distinguish between ripe and too ripe, with the word, “overripe”, which is common enough a concept to have one whole, unhyphenated word…David Seaton3 min read