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A couple of homophones I came across in a friend's Lady mag.

Promise lout announced, more or less. Answer OATH
I presume it's a homophone of OAF. Does the 'more or less' excuse it?

Divine vessels, we hear. Answer DOWSE
I presume it's a homophone of DHOWS but I would pronounce it differently.

Rossim, I don't think the 'more or less' excuses the awful 'homophone' - that's a setter clutching at straws! The dhows, dowse one wasn't quite as bad. I don't pronounce those two exactly the same, but maybe others do.

Jigjag, The 'bit out of body' stuff sounds far too airy-fairy for me - maybe it was the brain part that was absent?

In general, life as a pedant has been fairly humdrum over the past few days - I've seen nothing to irritate or anger me. This is a good thing … or so I keep telling myself!

A nearby pharmacy has had a board outside the shop for months, advertising flu jabs and originally saying (in large capitals) “NO APPOINTMENT NECCESSERY”. Someone must have told them that there was a misspelling, as the sign now reads “NO APPOINTMENT NECCESSARY”.

I was taught ' one collar and two cuffs', something I've never forgotten!

I obviously had forgotten!!
It must be 'two socks'.

Never Eat Crisps Eat Salad Sandwiches and Remain Young !

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'.