There was a time in Ireland
prior to my departure, some
forty + years ago, when we
used the title term to describe
people of whom we knew
nothing about, nor from where
the hailed.

" I met a stranger today in the pub "

" Who was that stranger you spoke to "

" He drinks wine and talks like a stranger "

Now, I know what it must have felt like for
all of the above, because I don't go to pubs.

I hardly know anyone anymore, so conversation
is limited ie talking to myself.

I smell of garlic and my car is a French Reg left
hand drive.

Mind you, was I ever the antonym of strange ?

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Strange : adjective
Bizarre, weird, uncanny, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, untypical, different, out of the ordinary, out of the way, extraordinary, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, inexplicable, incongruous, uncommon, irregular, singular, deviant, aberrant, freak, freakish, surreal; suspicious, dubious, questionable; eerie, unnatural; Frenchoutré; Scottish unco; informal fishy, creepy, spooky; Brit. informal ***; N. Amer. informal bizarro. ANTONYMS ordinary, usual.