Chinese whispers

In this they are quite unlike testimonies, which degrade as they pass from ear to ear in an endless game of Chinese whispers; eighteenth-century probability theorists actually devised formulae for calculating this rate of degradation.

Some messages are still passed down human chains by shouting them in a form of Chinese whispers that are anything but whispered.

Chinese whispers An intriguing post by economist Christopher Balding on his blog, Balding’s World, makes the case against Chinese tech giant Huawei.

A chain of Chinese whispers got back to my agent, who had to call and tell me that “It had been a little bit difficult in the fitting” and “You’re a little bit bigger than you were last year.”

With the Scot’s participation confined to only doubles action while he continues to regain his fitness following hip surgery in January, a round of Chinese whispers gathered steam as fans feared Herbert’s injury could scupper Murray’s challenge even before he had hit a ball in anger.