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Wallah! It's the first time I've seen voilà written this way. But when I think about it, it seems like a really obvious thing to do so I wonder how common it is.
Is it a "thing" that I've just missed before now?

@Davros

Wow, impressive. I went to a private school but all we had was Head Girl (not me!). Is it a boarding school thing like Exeat?

Not sure what Exeat is? Not boarding school, most schools here have the Dux whether they're selective/ private/ comprehensive. They also have them in Aus/ NZ - I taught in Aus and my friend is in NZ, thus why I thought everywhere had it!

[quote Melitza]@Puffalicious I had to look Dux up so I've learnt something today.
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One of my friends was our school dux back in the day. When we were out for a meal, an English friend asked her why they'd called her the school duck

Where I live 'alright duck(s)' is a common greeting.

@Inastatus

Love these. My fave today was someone on a local site selling an inflatable hot tub which was in good condition ‘except for a small puncher’.

Tiny boxer.

Someone on our Freebay site today was looking for 'tarpooling' (tarpauline!)

Exeat (not sure of spelling) is weekends when boarding school kids go home

We had exeat at university, a slip from your tutor letting you go home at the end of term! More of a formality obviously...

Dux is a new one on me, I had to look it up. Not sure it’s that common in the English state system, or if it’s just not been a thing in the schools my did kings, children and friends attended.

*did kings = siblings

@RaraRachael

One of my friends was our school dux back in the day. When we were out for a meal, an English friend asked her why they'd called her the school duck

It's clearly not a thing in other parts of the UK! I thought it was, they've had the Dux system here since the beginning of time- my DM remembered hearing of it back to the 20s.

I think they used to refer to Dux in The Beano when I was small. I remember trying to work out what it meant. I thought it was just something grown-up that I didn’t understand but now I know it was something Scottish I didn’t understand, like a fish supper!

Saw this and thought of you guys...

Took me a moment to work out what a privet company was! (Thought it might be a hedge fund...)

Puffalicious when I was little we even had Primary School duxes. We still have a secondary one at our local schools. I remember my MiL being very impressed because her relatives' kids went to Peterhead Academy. She thought it was a posh school - not just another name for a secondary.

This morning I read about a teacher asking for information on "principle" teacher posts . The worrying thing is that they will probably be a head teacher in a few years. Heaven help Scottish education.

Tradesman page. Lots of photos of his work on some built in cupboards which have created a "vocal" point in the room

Poker dots instead of polka dots. But then I realized I don't know why they're called that!

I've just bid on a bag on ebay. It has a maternal pocket.

@FayCarew

I've just bid on a bag on ebay. It has a maternal pocket.

Like a kangaroo - to keep your joey in.

@Ruthietuthie

Last week there was a Mumsnet thread where someone was described as being rather "non-shallot." The thread rather sad in its content, and probably not the place for a grammar jump-on but it made me laugh. It will be non-shallot for ever from now on.

It is a man's bag so surely it should be paternal

@SnowyPetals

The ones on sales listings always make me smile. One ony local Facebook selling page ended with the stipulation of "No thyme wasters".

This is fantastic.

Would a man with a viscous tongue be a good or a bad thing.... you know...?

@Lairymary

This one made me chuckle, it was on a local FB community page.

Now I really want a high fizz jacket. 🤣

@PracticingPerson

Is amazing how many people think being able to spell matters more than having the good manners not to criticise other people's errors.

I really hate these threads.

cunts' pedants' corner is that way -->

I think it is more bafflement that people write words that they think sound vaguely similar to the word they mean or the words in an expression, without considering that the words they are using make no sense in that context and wondering why! That's why it is amusing.

Some people can't spell so they don't realise that the venerable for vulnerable or whatever is wrong.