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To: NorthMountain

This is a site from England, their English is a bit different.


10 posted on 11/14/2023 9:32:08 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana
It ain't that different.

"Diffuse" and "defuse" (the word he's looking for) don't mean the same thing.

Similarly, "abut and "about" (the word he's looking for) don't mean the same thing.

I don't blame you.

14 posted on 11/14/2023 9:38:55 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Morgana
"This is a site from England, their English is a bit different."

Not really: "diffuse" is to disperse, spread out and "Defuze" (military) or "defuse" (civilian) is to disarm, or remove the fuze from a bomb or and explosive projectile.

Education, people.

17 posted on 11/14/2023 9:57:33 AM PST by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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