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Psalterer is in the OED but it is rare and historic, apparently.

From today's DT: This is not a communist system where we can try and reign that in.

From my local paper: It's a hotel come cabaret come casino.

Even worse, it actually read: It's a hotel, come, cabaret, come, casino.

Malone
I hope all your female tradesmen turned up yesterday and that you had a good shopping trip. That inspired me to go to town this morning.
A faulty sign in the fishmongers caught my eye so I went inside.
“I see the “X” in your Manx Kippers has come off“ I said to the assistant.
“No, that’s a marketing ploy. They are not from the Isle of Man, but we have to distinguish between male and female fish” she replied. “The missing letter idea has been very successful.”
“I have never thought about the sex of fish, an EU directive I suppose.”
“I don’t know if we still have those, but we have to do the kilograms nonsense” she sighed.
“Why don’t you just call them kippers and kipperesses?” I asked.
“Strangely enough, a Scottish woman came in yesterday and suggested the same thing. She is reforming women and apparently I am a fishmongeress”
I bought 2 pairs for tea.

Did I really hear the word AERIATED on the BBC1 news at 1800h?

Describing concrete in some schools.

John Torode on Masterchef continues to annoy. He's said several things tonight that are just wrong, the highlight being describing someone using the lobster [b[bones to make a stock!

jigjag

I loved your Man(x) kippers story - very clever. Also enjoyed hearing about your recent experiences at the cafe and ladies cricket match.

Malone

Pleased that you have re-formed re -esses. I have enjoyed all those in the Times crossword this year, my favourites being ogress, temptress and dictatress.

Re "Batter"

I agree with the points here about this, but there is something else. The women at my cricket club find the word offensive. It has connotations of wife-battering etc. We have banned the word and after discussions with the men, they have too.

Grunger, lovely to hear from you. I knew you would be delighted with all the 'esses in crossword s- and I'd rather they featured there than in the real world! There was another one for you in a recent crossword - usuress.

I am delighted thar 'batter' is going to be barred, banned, from your cricket club.

Jigjag, thanks for the earlier posts. I've been busy - busy doing nothing - over the past few days, and didn't get round to replying.

Malone

Thanks and nice to be in touch with you again. I missed usuress. I go on holiday tomorrow but hope to start posting again on my return.

Grunger

Great to hear from you. Hope you have been OK. Have you been working abroad? I am sure whatever you have been doing has been interesting, and I know we would like to hear about it, if you dont mind.

Have a good holiday.

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More than one daily newspaper bores presidents (10)

CHAIRWOMEN

A bit of malone-baiting and some thoughts about gender, though not -ESS this time.

I remember malone's cultural objection to the reference above for cleaners. Perhaps this clue is more likely to appear in The Times than The Guardian.

I don't object to 'chairman' being retained for a female in the post, as with Theresa May and Caroline Spelman, the only Tory examples so far. Alternatively I consider 'chairwoman' much preferable to 'chair' (too professorial) and the ghastly 'chairperson'.

Perhaps typically, the Labour Party uses Chair and the Leader has appointed more women to the post: Hazel Blears, Harriet Harman, Angela Rayner and the present incumbent Anneliese Dodds.

This choice of terminology must differ widely nationwide in so many clubs and organisations. I suspect the most popular are 'chairman' for a man and 'chair' for a woman.

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