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No wonder people have problems with English...
The horde heard the hoarded herd had been whored.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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The same reason that METRE is not pronounced ME-tree and CENTRE is not pronounced CEN-tree.socornyweaver wrote:if MUSSELS are pronounced as MUSSELS,
& UNCLE is pronounced as UN-kel,
then why is MUSCLE not pronounced as MUS-kel?

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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And here goes the opening salvo........sierra2469alpha wrote:I feel a challenge a-happenin' !
QRM wrote:The deserting soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert and got his just deserts.

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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