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The recent record 52-hour hiatus in pedantry has stirred the Silly Words Annoy Pedants Society (SWAPS) into action. They released the following statement yesterday.

“Our raison d’etre, soon to be swapped, is to swap silly words for perfectly normal ones. We felt that “Chairperson”, although acceptable, is rather clumsy, so we have changed it to “Chair”. Similarly, our “Treasurer/ess” will be called “Treasure”, and even I have a new title…..” said a spoke.

Malone

I think you are right that the brain might have been affected. She may have been mis-quoted and probably meant to say something like this:

“I don’t know if I had brain freeze or if I was brain-dead, but it was a no-brainer to play on. I put my heart and soul into it, but I must have been out of my mind to continue in my out of body state. But I did play out of my skin.”

We would have all understood that!

A morning's gardening has cleared my brain!
I think must have been 'one collar and two sleeves'.

Jigjag, I loved the chair, treasure... spoke! I remember once - years ago - being at a PTA meeting. Someone butted in a with a comment, and a rather pompous committee member immediately said 'All remarks should be addressed to the chair [Chair]'. I had to cover my loud snort with a louder fake cough. It's much more acceptable now, but I still think it's odd.

Rossim, glad you're getting your spelling under control.


I got some satisfaction on the pedant front today - a stall in an indoor market was selling 'Brolly's'.

Malone

I am chuckling here at the thought of you snorting and coughing all through your meeting. I hope there was plenty of water available to you.

It was nice to hear that you go to markets too. They are a rich source of material, and I am sure we would love to read a report of your visit!

As tomorrow is an important day, I have bought Mrs J an avocado from Ocado, some berries from Sainsberries and some roses from Waitrose's. I cannot think what to get from Tesco. Any ideas?

Could they arrange a dinner al fresco?

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