Question asked by grandson

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Grandma - "if you can be ruthless then can you have ruth? If you can be uncouth then can you be couth?" Any replies welcomed.

[DTCwordfan]

If you can masterbate can you missterbate (it is after the 9pm watershed)

[BAKERS DOZEN]

My husband is a Master Baker so what does that make my son?

[DTCwordfan]

well if he ever turned out to be gay, a cream puff?

Sorry about that, Bakers? I am sure he won't.........

[dr b]

ruth is "Sorrow for the misery of another; compassion; pity; mercy; tenderness."

couth is "Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined."

So, yes and yes.

[The-Toff-]

Yep Media URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/couth
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[DTCwordfan]

there must be countless baking puns...

Do you know that they have more bakeries here in Redruth and Camborne than anywhere else in the UK, Bakers?.....

[DTCwordfan]

They are all "in-bread"

[BAKERS DOZEN]

DT - he is the father of the grandson so ok on that one.

Dr b - I know they exist but you just don't hear them used. Have you ever heard of anyone having ruth?

[superavon]

my mate had Ruth behind the bike shed.....several times

[annadomino]

Someone had Ruth in the B book

[Buenchico]

I though that Rigsby, in Rising Damp, spent much of his time hoping to have Ruth ;-)

[BAKERS DOZEN]

DT - my daughter once walked into her office and heard the end of a conversation when one of the girls said someone was "interbred". Helpful daughter said "my dad's into bread. What do you want to know?" LOL

[flump1]

Hi BD and all, good question, I have often wondered similarly about gorm . I have plenty !

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Yes flump1 - we must all have it as we'd never admit to being gormless would we?

[DaisyNonna]

Ruth means pity, compassion or repentance.
Couth means refined, familiar or known.

[DTCwordfan]

Gorm may refer to: Gorm the Old, a Danish king; Gorm (computing), a rapid application development tool; Gorm, Grails (Framework) object-relational mapping.


Any the wiser?

[BAKERS DOZEN]

DT - too late at night to absorb all that.

[DTCwordfan]

Yep - time for the flour sack, me thinks.......