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Re: a message to Tom McDonald
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 21:23:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Steve Campbell writes:
Tom McDonald scribed in a tablet of pressed Spamcake:

Bow-tied Guy with Australian accent: "G'day and thoinks. Weea heea ta lookit
all the waeys ta use a spamcake. But before we do that, let's taek a moment • ta
install our big yella class foive boiohazzad gloves, which can be obtained
from any of ya bettah govament-contracted clean up supploy houses..."

Wouldn't that Australian phonetic pronunciation be "spamcike?"

Yes, 'twould be. Though I try to avoid making up words that sound like other
words that I've heard that I think might have a tendency to upset someone
ethnically or religiously. I don't always succeed, but I try. (So far, no
replies from the .au crowd :-)

-Tom McD.
when replying, the Byzantine empire used spamcake as boat ballast.



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Tom McDonald scribed in a tablet of pressed Spamcake: (...) Wouldn't that Australian phonetic pronunciation be "spamcike?" Crikey! SteveC Perilous Pirate Page (URL) moved the Lighthouse! To find out how: (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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