My youngest daughter once asked me irritably why I sometimes call trousers breeks (breeches/britches). Apparently I was the only person she ever heard calling them that.
I told her she should, in that case, be grateful to me for increasing her vocabulary and to look the word up. Note: this was a child who used to fall asleep while reading her Children's Oxford Dictionary.
What would Jane Austen have made of Gransnet?
Lighthearted - How long do you display Birthday Cards?
He has done it! The toolmakers son has resigned!



