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Re: a message to Tom McDonald
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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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..."
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> 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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