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To: Allegra; zzeeman

You two are amazing!

And here I sit...my amazing 6/6!!!


1,131 posted on 06/03/2022 8:35:11 AM PDT by Monkey Face (There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else.)
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To: Monkey Face; Allegra; zzeeman; ArGee; null and void; Darksheare

I wanted to think of the word for two consonants combining to make a single sound, like ch or sh. I asked Tom and Vlad. “Dipthong!” they chorused, but that’s wrong: dipthongs are only vowels.

As I was explaining the concept in more detail, the word came to me: digraph.

Meanwhile, Tom said, “Dipthong sounds like an elementary school insult!” and he walked into the next room and told Kathleen, “Get your feet off the sofa, you dipthong!” She replied, “Shut up, Tom! You’re a dipthong!”

DP came out of the sunroom and said, “It sounds like Kathleen just called Tom a dipthong.” “She did.”

Just another day on the mammoth steppe ...


1,132 posted on 06/03/2022 11:01:29 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Monkey Face

I’m sitting here pretty happy with my streak.

And I’m thinking, “What would be REALLY amazing is to invent a game like this so I can retire.”


1,133 posted on 06/03/2022 11:06:08 AM PDT by ArGee (Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
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To: Monkey Face

I very lucky starter word will do that...


1,151 posted on 06/04/2022 6:45:14 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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