How do you take your umbrage?

Milk and two sugars if hot, ice and a slice if cold

I knew I could rely on you Db!!

I'd take umbrage at a remark, I think. In fact, I'd take umbrage at the very idea of it, and I don't even know what it is...

A nice bit of umbrage is very hard to find these days, I prefer mine with a mixer, preferably bitter lemon so I can sip it slowly and enjoy it!

With a pinch of salt!

With a nice side salad!

Yes, I would take umbrage at, but issue with...

There, that's my pedantry contribution for the day! (Possibly for the whole week...)

I usually take my umbrage out if it looks like rain.

I thought it was a cheese. So with some biscuits?

I feed my umbrage regularly to make sure it doesn't run out of steam

Now you have got me looking up the derivation and (call me sad) I think it is quite interesting, especially the connection with "grounds for suspicion"

Late Middle English (in umbrage): from Old French, from Latin umbra shadow. An early sense was 'shadowy outline', giving rise to 'ground for suspicion', whence the current notion of 'offence '

Well I'm glad we got all that sorted out, my umbrage has taken flight now. Strange how some words date the speaker, umbrage is not a word I hear young people use very often.

I think it's a fabulous word!!

Plenty of umbrage on GN kitty

Only joking, umbrage takers

As Kitty says, it's a fabulous word. With its derivation from shade, it's a sort of brooding, sulky resentment. Anger simmering inside.

I've always thought of it as a rather bossy, self-righteous type of taking offence - obviously I was wrong, but never mind!

Take it sparingly. It is strong stuff, take it too hot and too often and you run the risk of a painful acid reflex response. Best left to get cold and tasteless and then thrown away.

Like revenge, best tasted cold. I take mine on the rocks.

I try to leave my umbrage behind when I log off from Gransnet

I thought it was Yorkshire speak for Humber Bridge as in....
Turn right then go ovver T'Umbridge

Umbrage? Isn't that where the Archers live?

LOL Jayanna

with a flounce !

Me and OH, I really do try and explain.