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...and another one for me in today's Times...
24. D. Article Congress backed -or opposed? (4).

malone

Agreed and some other poor clues today, unknown director, EV is what I do on Sundays not bible, the sportsman only had one of his sides changed. Use is not half of Scouser.

jigjag

Yes, I did both. I did not enjoy my games in the rugby scrum, but the assistant to the decorator was more fun!

Malone, truly an Ugh!

Grunger, I believe it is use, half of Scouse, with Liverpudlian an adjective in this case.

mathpro

Thanks, but I dont know if we use Liverpudlian as an adjective. To me it is only a noun, but I may be wrong. I know Scouse is a meal but that does not equate to Liverpudlian. Pehaps Jigjag has a view. He is fluent in Scouse and I imagine has a Scouse accent.

Now then, grunger, tyke51 and other cricket fans, I hereby put my head above the parapet to mention Yorkshire County Cricket Club, involved essentially in an issue of language.

It is such a pity that the four-letter word beginning with P cannot even be mentioned here. Why should it be so different from affectionately calling other nationals Aussies, Brits etc.? I suppose there is too much evidence of it being used insultingly.
I see that the Australian Advertising Standards Board ruled in 2006 that Poms (for Englishmen) is not offensive.

I note also that Newcastle United, bought by Saudis, cannot have fans wearing Arab headgear, nor can Exeter Chiefs rugby union fans wear American Indian feathered head dress. Why can't both these gestures be seen as a mark of respect and, in the Newcastle example, gratitude?

Pauh, Grunger, Jigjag, Cricket fans

I confess I don`t like the `P` word, but there is a lot more to the Rafiq - YCCC crisis than meets the eye. I think the Yorkshire board is guilty of incompetence and stupidity and have totally misjudged how they should handle a `racism` case in today`s climate.
Context is important so, before you judge, please read this short statement from Gary Ballance describing his friendship with his former team mate Azeem Rafiq ...

Rafa and I remained closest friends throughout the time we exchanged these inappropriate comments. One winter, I suggested that Rafa and his bowling coach travel to Zimbabwe to stay with my family, which they did. He lived in my family’s house in Zimbabwe and spent time with my parents and my brothers while he trained in Zimbabwe. He would later become very good friends with my brother and the two of them stayed together regularly when my brother was in the UK. Rafa was always very grateful for the support and love which my family gave him and he regularly expressed this to me.

Sorry Paulh - the fireworks must have affected my spelling 🧨

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On the subject of the few femine words with an -er ending, there are the old words baxter and brewster, originally a female baker and brewer respectively, though the words were later used with men too.

Perhaps malone can advise us whether brewster is still used in Scotland.