Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc

John Cowan:
> Roger Mills scripsit:
>
> > So--- what are we left with?  Partner seems to be current usage by
> > default; the potential ambiguity (business/domestic) may or may not
> > be an advantage
>
> For the five years before Gale and I were married, I called her my partner
For the seven years before Novella and me were married, I called her my
consort. It raised eyebrows, but for some reason I couldn't stomach
'partner' (maybe because it has a ring of bureaucratese, is too
businesslike).

--And.