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Wordy Wednesday

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This week I have a wordy challenge for you. Susan, who is part of the same writing group as me, sent me a few words. She says that her personal favourite, which she’s never been able to introduce into a conversation is cummerbund.

First to the meaning and origin. Collins Online English Dictionary describes a cummerbund, or kummerbund, as a wide sash worn with a dinner jacket. It’s origin is 17th century from the Hindi word kamarband or kamar from Persian.

Can you send your serious, humorous, ridiculous (but not rude!) ways to introduce the word cummerbund into conversation? Here’s mine:

Did you see Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday? Several of the dancers were wearing cummerbunds.

How smart he looked in his cummerbund

Sum up Sunday

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I’ve set myself the challenge of summing up my week in 25 words or less. If you’d like to have a go too, I’d be pleased to see your ‘sum ups’.

Here goes:

I volunteer

And I write

Rain, rain, more rain

And more

Hospital appointments x 2

See family

And relax –

With the cats.