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1monster

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3. You got me -- unless it is some person's family name...

Reply to immoderate (Reply #2)

Sat May 24, 2014, 12:18 PM

May 2014

In that case, there was a guy who wrote a college text on the history of the western world who spelled his name that way. The professor always referred to him as Clog with the "o" pronounced as the "o" in "flow".

But your guess is as good as mine.

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God help the English Learner... [View all] 1monster May 2014 OP

Further illustrated: 1monster May 2014 #1

Sometimes I get behind a tanker truck that says "Clough." immoderate May 2014 #2

You got me -- unless it is some person's family name... 1monster May 2014 #3

What's in a name? DFW May 2014 #4

Or the Austrian town of Fucking. mwooldri May 2014 #6

Park on a driveway, drive on a parkway. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #5