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#208779 - 01/06/13 08:58 PM Re: skoshe on the rocksh [Re: olly]
maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757	> yeahbut... So M (as if I didn't expect you to argue the case!) are you really telling me that sc~ is not a more common feature of Englisc than sk~ ? and no, I can't LIU cause my bloody OED won't load for some reason
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#208780 - 01/06/13 10:15 PM Re: scosche [Re: Faldage]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass	Originally Posted By: Faldage Except for skate these words all need the k to retain the /sk/ pronunciation. ah.. like in scald and scathe. (like you've so often pointed out, don't look for consistency in English spelling.)
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#208781 - 01/06/13 10:18 PM Re: skoshe on the rocksh [Re: maverick]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass	Originally Posted By: maverick > yeahbut... are you really telling me that sc~ is not a more common feature of Englisc than sk~ ? not at all.. I'm just telling you that sk~ is not at all rare (see also previous post).
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#208782 - 01/06/13 11:49 PM Re: skoshe on the rocksh [Re: Prof@NHTI]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Then there's always that Brit piece of perversion, sceptical.
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#208783 - 01/07/13 10:34 AM Re: scosche [Re: maverick]
Prof@NHTI stranger Registered: 01/06/13 Posts: 3	My dancing partner said, " We were just a scosche off" and when I asked about the word he said his grandfather used it when they were building and measuring.
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#208784 - 01/07/13 10:37 AM Re: scosche [Re: tsuwm]
Prof@NHTI stranger Registered: 01/06/13 Posts: 3	Excellent - thank you !!!
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#208786 - 01/07/13 12:10 PM Re: scosche [Re: Prof@NHTI]
maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757	no, thank you for an interesting question with an interesting answer
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#208796 - 01/07/13 03:59 PM Re: scosche [Re: maverick]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass	..and welcome back - you'd be amazed how often someone asks a question here and never bothers to comment on the answer(s), or never bothers to return, one.
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#208804 - 01/07/13 09:55 PM Re: scosche [Re: tsuwm]
maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757	course, that never stops us arguin' amongst ourownsef...
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#208823 - 01/08/13 12:36 PM Re: scosche [Re: Prof@NHTI]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	heh _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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