Well I take it back. Surely 'bred' is redundant then? I maintain that my meaning OUGHT to be the correct one. Because otherwise that is an interesting circumstance we have no pithy phrase f… (View Post)

I'm not trying to disagree with you! Please consider yourself agreed with, and certainly not humiliated. I have no issue with your point - I just wish 'born and bred' was used to mean … (View Post)

I am distinctly ambivalent about south sea islanders representing England. There are few enough teams in the top tier of rugby as it is: just think of the teams Tonga, Samoa and Fiji could have if th… (View Post)

I'm not splitting hairs, I'm being pedantic. :smile: I do agree with you - on the spectrum from 'English' to 'not English', Rishi Sunak is right up at the former end. I … (View Post)

I would have thought describing (rather archaically) someone's breeding would be talking about who their parents and parents' parents and parents' parents' parents were? But I acc… (View Post)