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RE: Words out of context.
July 21, 2017 at 3:40 pm
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(July 21, 2017 at 3:04 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: The Accent Tag thread got me thinking about these.
What first definition/pronunciation that comes to your mind for the following:
Bow
Tear
Lead
Refuse
Content
Desert
Wind
Minute
Bow--like what's in Clara's hair in the Nutcracker.
Tear--as in a ship's sail if something goes awry in the America's Cup or Volvo Ocean Race.
Lead--what that jacket thing is made of that protects you during an x-ray
Refuse--waste
Content--what's within something
Desert--Anza Borrego, Sonora, Sahara, Gobi, etc.
Wind--what those slowmoving propellers on posts generate power from
Minute--small, insignificant, maybe
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RE: Words out of context.
July 21, 2017 at 3:42 pm
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(July 21, 2017 at 3:39 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Un-ion-ized
is what you say if you're a chemist.
If you're big on AFL-CIO, you say it the other way.
Oh, I see my mistake. I was misreading the word as
Unonionized. hehe
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July 21, 2017 at 3:45 pm
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(July 21, 2017 at 3:32 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: unionized
Un + Eye + Oh + Nyezd
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RE: Words out of context.
July 21, 2017 at 3:51 pm
I thought you were talking about unions but you're talking about IONS. lol
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July 21, 2017 at 3:52 pm
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(July 21, 2017 at 3:51 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: I thought you were talking about unions but you're talking about IONS. lol
Oh, right, it is that too. hehe
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July 21, 2017 at 6:35 pm
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July 21, 2017 at 7:18 pm
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I don't bow to no-one! I tear up when I see others do it.
LittleRik's got lead in his head because he refuses to accept simple facts.
He is content in his ignorance. His mind is a desert, void of any real thoughts.
But I like him. I like to wind him up sometimes.
Any minute, he'll reply just to prove my point.
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RE: Words out of context.
July 22, 2017 at 10:13 am
I find it interesting that nobody said "front of a ship" or "abandoned".
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RE: Words out of context.
July 22, 2017 at 6:06 pm
Bow as in “bow and arrow”
Tear as in “tear it apart”
Lead as in “Lead pencil”
Refuse as in “I refused to go”
Content as in “I am content”
Desert as in Sahara (because the other is a different word with a different spelling)
Wind as in hurricane
Minute as a time measurement.
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