Wednesday Hodgepodge - 27/5/20

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1. The US of A celebrated Memorial Day this past Monday. Does your family have any military ties? If so, tell us about them.

My Dad was in the army - he signed up before WW2 so got caught up in that.  Travelled to lots of places and trained as an engineer.  He survived Dunkirk and the war.

2. Cole slaw, potato salad, baked beans, potato chips, mac and cheese, macaroni salad...your favorite BBQ side? How many of these do you make from scratch vs. buying from the deli?

Cole slaw & potato sald would be my favourites and sometimes I make them from scratch.  Depends on how many we're catering for and what else is going on.

3.  I enjoyed asking this question back when the Hodgepodge was a regular thing...Lake Superior State University posts a list each year of words they think should be banished from the Queen's English for misuse, overuse, and/or general uselessness. The 2020 list includes-quid pro quo, artisanal, curated, influencer, literally, I mean, living my best life, mouthful (word used by foodies to describe texture of food in their mouth), chirp (basically an insult, you can read more on the website), jelly (short for jealous), totes (short for totally), vibe, and OK Boomer (internet response from millenial to older generation).

Of the words/phrases listed which would you most like to see 'banned'?

All of them? I don't think I use any of them but I have noticed (well hubby has definitely noticed because he picks me up on it)  "like" creeping into too many of my sentences.

The problem I have is that hubby sometimes need things explaining.  He also doesn't always hear my soft voice too well either.  I'll start to say something to him and then pause, for his benefit, working out how to best phrase what I want to say but then he gets impatient and interrupts me!  It's very frustrating.

4. I'm sure next year's list will be filled with words springing out of this weird season we're all in currently. What word or phrase associated with the Corona would you be happy to hear less often?

Social distancing!

5.  The month of May wraps up in just a few days. Bid her adieu in ten words or less.

Non birthdays, missed family.  Hope May 2021 is a better one.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

We are supposed to be working towards an easing of Lockdown but having seen some of the scenes at beaches and beauty spots last weekend it's clear that many people still don't understand the concept of social distancing.  It doesn't help when advisors to the Government don't follow the rules that they helped to create.

Oh and getting used to the new blogger is going to take a bit of time!