[Magdalen] Invites

ME Michaud michaudme at gmail.com
Sun Mar 13 16:21:24 UTC 2016


I was bewildered when a bank teller repeatedly asked me for my

So-sha

Each time she asked louder, as if I were old&deaf.

Wassya SOsha?
Ya SOsha?
YOUR SO-SHA ???
-M, who also hates the verb "gift"

PS: had a friend who was praised for his "lustful hymn singing" in church
once.

On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Mine is 'social' as in "I need your social for this tax form."  My mom
> insisted on draperies rather than drapes and permanent wave rather than
> perm. I believe it was my grandmother who laughed at 'decal'. She insisted
> the word was 'decalcomania'!
>
> Esther
>
> On 3/13/2016 10:54 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>
>> I'm with you, Grace. That one annoys me no end.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Mine is 'gift' used as a verb., as in "She gifted me with these flowers."
>>> Grrr..sets my teeth on edge!
>>>
>>


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