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Yes, jigjag, Miss Baker even had a song which included "she knows, you know" in the refrain.

On another topic, I was a little irritated to hear someone with an English accent on Radio 4 repeatedly pronounce "law" as "lah", as Americans do.

I hope that's not the beginning of another unwelcome import. I wonder if I'm right here. I think Americans used to pronounce law and saw much the same as we do up to about 30 years ago, if old songs and media are anything to go by.

`Laxadaisical`makes me cringe! it`s a non-word which has become popular, particularly with sport pundits. It seems to be an amalgam of `lax` and `lackadaisical`- Cricket `expert` Charles Colville used it on Sky recently.

Tyke

Even worse - it is often pronounced "laxydaisical" here.

Grunger

I suppose `Woke` is the opposite of `Laxydaisical` - don`t like either!

Tyke

I agree - I think woke is awful. I suppose "lacksadaisical" comes from lacks a bicycle, lacks a daisy, lacksadaisical, especially as there is a connection between bicycle and Daisy.

The new 50p coin `celebrating` the UK leaving the EU is not universally popular ...

... Sir Philip Pullman has taken umbrage because the Oxford comma is missing from the coin's wording: "Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations."

I thought the Oxford comma was an inferior motor car from the 1950s

I like the word lackadaisical and apparently it entered the language in the 18th century, though it seems older than that to me. I always imagine someone who would rather be picking daisies than doing something purposeful.