God, that feels good

No, that would be "à propos". You said "a propos". You're heareby fired from
the Pedants Club.

 

I've just heaved down my copy of the OED, and have to concede that you are
more than half right. Apropos is the primary spelling in bold type, but a
[that's a grave accent, BTW, not an acute] propos is given as a valid
variant. In the examples from literature there is even a third version -
a-propos.

 

It's not French (as used in English), it's of _French_origin_. Just as
'role' written with the accent, as in French: 'rôle', or 'fait accompli'
(which, _stricto_senso_ means nothing in English), or 'fête', or
whatever, the two are accepted.

TOG has been known to **** French up the back passage, but on this
occasion, he's right.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Nice a.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

"hereby" ;-)))

 

Made you bore us some more with your pedantry ?

 

I agree it's incorrect, claim typo and declare it the counter-accusation
void.

 

Fine. Now, what's your excuse for the abominable sentence above....?

 

Pissed.

 

Perfectly acceptable defence. Officer, discharge this man without a
stain on his character.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older

If only the same could be said for his underpants.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

they're probably OK.

But you didn't think that was /snot/ in all those hankerchiefs, did
you?

 

I still haven't stopped using socks.

 

do you have a "special" sock?

Do you kiss it first?

 

I did but one of its eyes fell off and it looks scary now.