"Is darts a sport? Ask Sid Waddell a simple question and you will receive a complex answer. And so, before we introduce Alexander the Great, Elvis, William Tell and Bedroll Bella into our conversation, let us begin with the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Sid Waddell
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'If I may paraphrase old Ludwig,' recites Waddell, ' 'it is as hard to define sport as it is as hard to define language . . .' What is language? I've just read Ludmila's Broken English by DBC Pierre, who writes quite brilliantly in the style of a schoolboy, and The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford, some of whose sentences are longer than my street.
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