Spudrick68
Justified & Ancient
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My good lady wife would be more amenable to that.
I don't think that I'd get away with that TBH. That has, to be fair, always irked me. The wife sounds like a possession, like the TV, the mobile phone, the dish washer...
How about "My better half"?
Idea! instead of saying "I" let's start saying, "my worse half".How about "My better half"?
H'm... could have been a person sat in an self steering e-car, guiding itself in and out of traffic whilst the occupant is sat in the seat weaving a cane basket for the craft group he/she is on their way to attend that evening. See, makes perfect sense!Spoken grammar and written grammar... 'perfectly well-educated people using 'I weaved in and out of the traffic'...
That’s disrespectful though. The idea is to honour the partner in a jokey way.Idea! instead of saying "I" let's start saying, "my worse half".
That's what "for better or worse" can mean.