JVS
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:01 PM
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Poll question: Which is better plough or plow |
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Edited on Wed Apr-28-04 06:06 PM by JVS
additional question, does one write "splow me up with some fries" or "splough me up with some fries"?
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Dogmudgeon
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:03 PM
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In the United States of America: Plow In the British Commonwealth: Plough
And that's that!
--bkl
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JVS
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:04 PM
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4. I thought it was a new-school old-school thing |
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I've always spelled it plough
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:03 PM
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2. We all know how my Canuck-ass voted |
Snoggera
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:04 PM
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3. One ploughs with a plow. n/t |
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:06 PM
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5. Starry Plough always seems better than Starry Plow... |
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...reading it, to me at least, Plow seems like it ought to rhyme with Blow.
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:13 PM
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6. You expect English to be logical? |
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If you want a language that's phonetic and makes perfect grammatical sense every time, you're going to have to learn Esperanto. English is the oddest of the odd ducks.
--bkl Sinjoro Amu Anason! ("Lord Love a Duck" in Esperanto)
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:20 PM
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8. You're right, it almost makes more sense...except for... |
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...the fact that one of the stars of "Friends" is named Jeniffer Duck in Esperanto.
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:19 PM
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7. Whenever I see "plough" |
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My brain considers pronouncing it "pluff" ever so briefly.
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Wed Apr-28-04 06:21 PM
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9. ...right , as in tough... |
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...nice to talk to a Goddess.
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