Usage
Q. Is it “happy medium” or “happy median”? The author writes: “We would all be much better served as stewards of finite public funds if we could find that happy median where trust reigns supreme . . .” Thanks!
A. The idiom is “happy medium,” but I like the image of commuters taking refuge from road rage on the happy median. See Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/wftwarch.pl?110708 .
