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Re: Important Questions
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 14 Mar 2002 03:44:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ian Warfield writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ian Warfield writes: • <snip>
> > > >
> > > > If you're exploring a mammoth underground cave in Kentucky, and you happen
> > > > to say "Plugh", does anything happen?
> > >
> > > Only if "YOU ARE INSIDE A BUILDING, A WELL HOUSE FOR A LARGE SPRING", or
> > > "YOU ARE IN A LARGE ROOM, WITH A PASSAGE TO THE SOUTH, A PASSAGE TO THE
> > > WEST, AND A WALL OF BROKEN ROCK TO THE EAST" and "THERE IS A LARGE "\'Y2' ON
> > > A ROCK IN THE ROOM'S CENTER"
> >
> > Aw, but that gives it away. :) Although with so many adventurers since 1972,
> > don't you think the rock would have been souvenired by now? (Woohoo, I just
> > invented a new verb!)
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> And they've still gotta work out how to *pronounce* the @#$%& word! And be
> careful not to say "XYZZY" by mistake!
>
> ROSCO
I say "plooh", and I giggle uncontrollably at those who say "pluff". I
spell out "X-Y-Z-Z-Y", but I suppose that one allows more variance.
By the way, do the words work for every pronunciation?
Ian
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