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Mind your language

Being asked to ‘bear with’ is unbearable

8 June 2024

9:00 AM

8 June 2024

9:00 AM

‘Bear with me,’ said my husband on the phone and then let out a loud roar. It was intended to be the sound of the bear with him. There are no circumstances in which that would be amusing.

It is bad enough when people say ‘Bear with me’ and then spend unfathomable minutes trying to find your ‘details’.

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