>>>>Well that's my preserve
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>>>I never figured out why do(n't) they put preservatives in those jars.
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>>Because the content is preserved fruit. But sometimes there will be a preservative in - maybe the very process IS the preservative.
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>>In case you hadn't realised, "my preserve" here means like "my prerogative", "right" or "something reserved for me as a special person"
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>>So IOW "I'm allowed to make awful puns"
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>Mine was worse - in several languages other than English, a preservative is a condom.

OIC :-)

>
>Terry Pratchett calls them 'preventatives' in several places, probably referring to this usage of the word.

My favourite word for a condom is "Profilactic". We also say johnny, blob, french letter.

Of course, there's the age-old problem of the US "rubber" whereas, in the UK, that's an (US) eraser (as in "rubs out")