Sundry

[André Vasconcelos]

I saw this word in a meeting today ("Sundry tasks").

To be pronounced more like "son-dree" rather than "sun-dry" (I had no idea and had to look it up).

sundry

ˈsʌndri/

adjective

1. 1.

   of various kinds; several.

   "prawn and garlic vol-au-vents and sundry other delicacies"

   Synonyme:

   various, varied, miscellaneous, assorted, mixed, diverse, diversified, motley, random;Mehr

noun

1. 1.

   various items not important enough to be mentioned individually.

   "a drugstore selling magazines, newspapers, and sundries"

[Dan Lakey]

Related;

all and sundry

phrase of all

1. 1.

   everyone.

   "he has borne a lot of unfair criticism from all and sundry"

   synonyms:

   everyone, everybody, every person, each person, each one, each and every one, all, one and all, the whole world, the world at large, the public, the general public, people everywhere;

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[Raúl Cano]

For some reason that word sounded to me like some kind of pastry and never looked it up. I accepted it and moved on.

Thanks for the clarification.

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[André Vasconcelos]

I picture a future in which this exchange never took place. In this future you would eventually go to the United Kingdom. After a busy day navigating through a bustling metropole, let's say London, you would stop for a coffee. Feeling fanciful, you would attempt to order a sundry. This would lead to confusion, or in the worst case to vexation and humiliation.

I am glad that I have helped avert the occurrence of this hypothetical unpleasant situation.

[Raúl Cano]

The hypothetical Raúl thanks you dearly for the spared humiliation.