Well ever the creative speller-- i must be something like the horrid screeching scratch of chalk across a board-- thank goodness you're all to far away to come and rap my knuckles....

What i find distressing is "hat maker" not milliners, barrel maker (any one familiar with NY knows the city is famous for its 50 to 500 gallon water barrels on building roofs) not cooper–

and the whole made up word "Westcott" for waistcoat-- and an article about plumbers in NY who no longer have to be skilled in lead work to get a license! all they need to know is copper piping.

do we wordsmiths keep are noses to the grindstone (grind- stone or grinned-stin?) rant away! its all to no avail! English marches on... and are chaff (chits, chads) thrown off in the wind...


my other obsession