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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> Thanks go to Greg Majewski, but I have a question for you - how on earth did
> you get the answer out of #1:
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> 1. SHOCK CUSSED TOE (~a person~) Jacques Cousteau
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> I'm not sure if shock would have been the right word, or perhaps it is
> pronounced differently in other languages but I would have thought shakes
> would have been a bit better. I'm also not sure if that s is silent or
> not - but then again I'm no interpreter! :-)
'shock' worked OK, but why'd they throw in an extra syllable with 'cussed'?
Even if you pronounce it with a single syllable, it doesn't add any value
over 'cuss'.
Steve
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| Thanks go to Greg Majewski, but I have a question for you - how on earth did you get the answer out of #1: 1. SHOCK CUSSED TOE (~a person~) Jacques Cousteau I'm not sure if shock would have been the right word, or perhaps it is pronounced (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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