If anyone veered off topic it was Matt rather than me, Aard. My response related to where Matt was likely to eat, rather than the subjects of my original post. Matt is of the very reasonable school of only responding when he thinks I am talking bollocks.

However, I have to agree that the simplest of real-life coping strategies appears to be beyond a significant minority here.

"Grandmother" is a technical term. "Granny" isn't. Obv I take your point, but you also have to allow for cultural association. And "granny" has a "grey" association.

PJ