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Ah, I am with you, Malone!
I think the compiler needs his hearing checked!
Or maybe his diction is at fault.....

Elle and Rusty, thanks for the (well-deserved!) sympathy. I am really struggling to come up with anywhere in Britain that would pronounce those words in a similar way. There are occasional homophones - or alleged homophones - that rely on regional variations, but this one is just truly dire!

Hi, Rusty!
An update for you on the Paper Cavalier Saga......
Amazon has informed my husband that the cost of the book (£39-60) has been refunded to his account... but has failed to include the refund postage cost of £20-70.
Oh dear! Another phone call needed?
And I had thought this was over.....
I agree - we don't pronounce "awe " and "oar" the same in either Bolton or London!
And this following on after a pathetically easy Everyman puzzle!
It is going to be "one of those days"!

Elle, I'm just curious... was today's Everyman as awful as last week's, or just too easy? (Last week's was easy AND dire, for anyone looking in.)

Hello, Elle!
You mentioning your mobile reminded me of something.
I have a new 'phone and it is very modern etc etc.
I like it.
But....there is an "assistant" built into it.
A lad called "Bixby".
I am having nothing to do with him and if it was doable, I would uninstall him if at all possible.
There is a lot to be said for your ancient 'phone.
You at least don't get pestered with "assistants" poking their noses into your affairs, unasked!

Rusty, I had an 'assistant' on a previous phone. He or she would suddenly appear on the screen if I paused for more than a second while I was doing something. This silly 'how can I help you?' message would suddenly flash up on the screen - each and every time, I just shouted back 'you can't, go away' .

Crossed posts, Elle!
Seems to me that Amazon have refunded what Paper Cavalier gave them?
Unlike Amazon to be lax in this manner.
I would get on to them before they "close" the complaint as being "settled".
That's what eBay does.
So, what outpost of the Empire pronounces "awe" and "oar" the same way, I wonder?

Malone, it was not as technically inaccurate as last week's, in that this time the complier did remember to include definitions.....and the homophone even had a "sounds like"!!
So ...minor improvement...but definitely of a lower standard than we Everyman addicts are used to experiencing.

Hi, Rusty!
Bixby sounds a confounded nuisance!
Does he "intervene"?
On my computer I have "Cortana", a voice activated personal assistant.
I haven't "spoken" to her, but she keeps popping messages up on my screen wanting to "help" me!
She would help me best by just going away!!
Ah, I had wondered if our previous posts had crossed!
Yes, I shall phone Amazon forthwith!

Hello, Elle!
Bixby pops up now and again.
I do not know if I have to log him in, or some other nonsense, but I ignore him.
He sounds very like your Cortana.
Maybe we could do a bit of matchmaking and they could run off together and give us peace?
Yes, best contact Amazon sooner rather than later, I think.