NO ROOM AT THE INN – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 17

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 17/12/2013 - 17:15

It is Pilrig Street’s very own ‘eats, shoots and leaves’ moment.

The thoroughly respectable and attractive guesthouse pictured right has only one flaw – the courteous and informative sign in its window.

The online Oxford English Dictionary defines 'sorry' as follows:

1 [predic.] feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else’s misfortune:I was sorry to hear about what happened to your family
(sorry for) filled with compassion for:I felt sorry for the poor boys working for him

2 [predic.] feeling regret or penitence:he said he was sorry he had upset meI’m sorry if I was a bit brusque
used to express apology:sorry—I was trying not to make a noise
used as a polite request that someone should repeat something that one has failed to hear or understand:I’m sorry—you were saying?

3 [attributive] in a poor or pitiful state:he looks a sorry sight with his broken jaw
unpleasant and regrettable, especially on account of incompetence or misbehaviour:we feel so ashamed that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business

What a difference a (missing) hyphen makes.