I can’t think of any word I use regularly that I would want to give up. I don’t swear very often, unless I drop something heavy on my foot or burn myself and even then it’s usually not that bad. I need that word for when bad things happen!

I suppose I could give up onomatopoeia which I might say once or twice a year or maybe discombobulated, which I seldom, if ever, say. What about phlegm or diarrhoea – things I can very well do without, thank you very much. But, who knows, I might need to use one or the other sometimes!

Two words that are used together – carpal and tunnel – are words I hope I will never have to use again, soon. I’ve just talked to the doctor who will carry out a procedure on my c.t. in the next month or so. He was checking to make sure I still want that little operation to go ahead. I do! Those of you who haven’t been bothered with it can’t imagine how annoying it is and I hope you’ll never find out. If you are a female and over 35 or so, it is more likely you will than the male people out there, for some reason. Imagine your forefinger suddenly going numb, or maybe your first 3 fingers and thumb. The pinkie finger and the pinkie side of the ring finger, apparently aren’t affected by the annoying little problem, unless you also have something a bit wrong in your elbow!(No one has explained it to me though it has been mentioned in passing – if I want an explanation I will look for one on Google! It’s really enough to know that it does happen to other people, too!)

There are, of course, many many English words that I’ve never used and will never use but since they’re not in my vocabulary, it doesn’t seem right that I give them up – yet.