Cheers mate,in that case I’ve forgotten you suggested I was paranoid ( YOUNG lady ? How wrong can you be ! ) You’re quite right about the PC thing though,these days it’s hardly possible to say anything without treading on someone’s toes,but that’s a whole new thread .

When I said you were a certain age,I meant you know about proper English – sorry if it sounded rude, it wasn’t meant to be .

It strikes me that through all these meanderings I’m the only person who thinks differently ( AGAIN ) ,so perhaps the next time Hubby says something is where it ISN’T I should just say Yes dear .

If you know what a fender really is you must be of a certain age ( my Granny had a lovely brass one ),no,the thread started as a discussion of how me and hubby describe the same thing completely differently,but moaning about the state of English today is much better.

You’ve hit on my pet Don’t Get Me Started subject i.e. kids these days aren’t even TAUGHT English properly any more.It pains me deeply that I now live in a country where shops sell umbrella’s,everyone thinks you’re is spelt your and the letter aitch is pronounced haitch.A couple of years ago my daughter had an interview to read English at Oxford,thank God she wasn’t accepted because she knows b—– all about how her own native language works .