Word reaches us of this story from a county court somewhere in England and Wales. The district judge was bombarded with tales of allegedly poor behaviour by one party to a piece of civil litigation. Finally, the judge threw up her hands and said she could see how the other side thought the opposition had been a bit of a - and then she spelt out the next word: s-h-i-t. Now, is this an example of judicial standards slipping to an unacceptable low, or a superb instance of a judge tuning into contemporary language? We'll let the readers decide.