Two excellent passages! The first is so true - most of my domestic rows have been occasioned by exactly that treachery of words!

As a decidedly passionate lover of alliteration, the second is very appealing - there is something special surrounding the sound of "S", isn't there? It is certainly one of the easier letters to use for alliteration - is, by any chance, the most common initial letter? or possibly the most common sound?

No doubt someone will tell me where to LIU!