English As She Is Spoke ..

[sunny-dave]

The sainted Mrs_O (praise be to Marigold) used the lovely word "disgruntled" a while ago ... which made me think (noise of cogs whirring) ...

You can be disgruntled ... but not gruntled

You can be disgusted ... but not gusted

and is 'tressed' the opposite of distressed?

I'm sure there are many more :)

[gness]

Why did distended spring into my mind? :-(

[sandyRoe]

discombobulated. When was anybody last combobulated?

[factor-fiction]

I'm dismayed

[guilliebrougues]

discomenockerated

[magsmay]

rather a personal question there Mr. Roe -you could be a little more dis-crete ;-)

[mrs_overall]

A priest can be unfrocked, but I have never heard of one being frocked

[sandyRoe]

Many has shown themselves to be a load of right frockers.

[shoota]

You can be tended to G

[shoota]

Discotheque - when have you ever been to a cotheque?

[gness]

I've seen a frocked priest....It was disturbing.

Thank you Shoota....18th? x

[mrs_overall]

^^^showing his age^^^^

[sunny-dave]

Let's not get into a dispute about any of this ...

[mrs_overall]

Bewildered...but not wildered

[shoota]

Nissed as a pute

18th it is - 10am, coffee and croissants then into the Jag and over the sea to faraway.....

[Svejk]

Omg,Shoota can't be Knobby, can he?

[shoota]

My knees are a bit Svejk.....

[flump1]

You can be ruthless...but only Ruth can be ruth .

[mrs_overall]

You can be gobsmacked.....or assaulted

[Psybbo]

desultory

[sandyRoe]

Wasn't there a film with Marlene Deitrich, Desultory Rides Again?