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Words
Posted by: Simon (---.lancing.org.uk)
Date: May 22, 2003 10:23AM

If actors act, do authors auth?

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Re: Words
Posted by: Andrea (---.range81-152.btcentralplus.com)
Date: May 22, 2003 10:38AM

and teachers teach so go pupils pupe?



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Re: Words
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: May 22, 2003 11:36AM

And lecturers lech ? (allegedly, obviously I don't do anything of that sort myself !)

Re: Words
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: May 22, 2003 12:12PM

Librarians lib?



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Re: Words
Posted by: dante (---.kw.bbc.co.uk)
Date: May 22, 2003 01:45PM

Carpenters carp?



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Re: Words
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: May 22, 2003 02:24PM

Butlers but?

Re: Words
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: May 22, 2003 03:28PM

Butlers butle. If you'd seen Clue (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0088930), you would know this. Tim Curry plays Wadsworth the butler. Splendid.

Re: Words
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: May 22, 2003 03:49PM

oh yes, I forgot <blush>

do secretaries sect?

Re: Words
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: May 22, 2003 03:55PM

secrete, surely ??

Re: Words
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: May 23, 2003 12:34AM

Do horses ho?

Is a fly with no legs a walk?



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Re: Words
Posted by: Skiffle (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: May 23, 2003 01:30AM

PSD: Surely that would be a fly with no wings ?

I know, I know. It's late and you're drunk

Re: Words
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: May 23, 2003 01:32AM

oops - you're entirely right. And now you've pointed it out, it's too late to change it...



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Re: Words
Posted by: Sarah B (---.cable.ubr06.dudl.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: May 23, 2003 11:02AM

lol

And less about the Butlers. Can't remember the last time I did a good bit of butling.

Whilst we're on silly words thingymabobs...

If pro is the opposite of con, does that make progress the opposite of congress?



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Re: Words
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: May 23, 2003 02:12PM

in our country, it certainly does!

Re: Words
Posted by: crrbllsweetie (---.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net)
Date: May 24, 2003 03:17AM

Oh yes. That was the first political joke I ever got, back when I was 10-- I went around telling it to everyone.

Does this mean angels ange, devils dev, and architects arch?



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Re: Words
Posted by: Sarah B (---.cable.ubr06.dudl.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: May 25, 2003 10:49PM

Hey, it's an original joke if you come from the Middle of Britain.

So I'm claiming.

Anyone want to back me up on this?

If not I'll claim it's an original joke for 17 year old English girls. ;)



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Re: Words
Posted by: Librarian (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: May 25, 2003 10:59PM

Well I'd certainly never heard it before and I'm a fair bit older than 17 so I'll back you up.

Do messengers messenge? (or perhaps they just mess)

Do soldiers soldi?

And do butchers butch?

Re: Words
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: May 25, 2003 11:30PM

Sarah B - clinging to straws, one suspects...



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Re: Words
Posted by: Sarah B (---.cable.ubr06.dudl.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: May 27, 2003 12:54PM

I'm always clinging to straws, Ben. As long as they're pretty solid straws what's the harm in that?



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Re: Words
Posted by: Simon (193.82.99.---)
Date: May 27, 2003 04:26PM

... Especially if they're cheese straws ?

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