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#84395 10/24/02 08:09 PM
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I think either pronunciation is acceptable, just as long as you don't change the "g" to a hard "c" sound, and I'm not talking about the second "g."

Despite being tempted, I will refrain from trying to make an obscene Twice-Told Tale using these pseudo homophones.


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>since I know very little of orthoepy (recently learned word which I'm not even sure how to pronounce)

orthoepy (the customary pronunciation of a language) has two accepted pronunciations (according to W3)

go figure..

[ blue] [ /blue ] (eliding the spaces...)
/o(r)' thu we pE/
/o(r) thO' uh pE/



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1. Stalking Seattle Slew

2. Persistently explain the obvious concerning the work force in the apiary


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Inspired by etaoin above
hey, I was inspiring!

I would agree with fawging, though one might argue for fah; as in "ahhh" like at the doctor.





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Depressed Dvorak was spendthrift

Blue Czech blew cheque.


...I wanted to do something with "wanton Anton" but nobody bought it.


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"What the tense impaired grocer declared after the legume broths had been properly shelved"

Bean Stocks Be In Stacks!!


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Collins’s style permeates estate

Phil's manner fills manor.
(I got the first and third words, a co-worker got the second and fourth -- nothing like teamwork!)


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*Homemaker support hotline helps housewives vent: “One wife phoned and talked about her extreme distaste for the ring her husband leaves on his shirt from having a sweaty neck ” says founder.

now I'm grasping...
Disdained caller dissed stained collar?????

or
Distant caller disdained collar????


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Disdained caller dissed stained collar

I love this answer! I was going for "Caller discussed collar disgust", but I like yours better.


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Thanks; it was fun...

From the paper:

*Depressed Dvorak was spendthrift
Blue Czech blew check

*Collins’s style permeates estate
Phil's manner fills manor

*Blockheaded lover has an accident on a rural road
Dense dear dents deer

*Merchant recognized animal in the basement
seller knew cellar gnu

From me:

*Acme Egg Farm Shut Down -- Chickens wafted disgusting odor towards neighboring homes.
fowl sent foul scent

* Franchise founder Sanders puts bullets in corn silo exit-slides
colonel shoots kernel chutes

*Different groups of vulgar pursers, stewards, yeomen, etc. worked on that particular Carnival route throughout the season.
crude crews crewed cuise

* Bono’s group says of his pet sheep: she reminds us of a bunch of fungus/alga symbiotic dual-plants
U2 likens ewe to lichens

*Homemaker support hotline helps housewives vent: “One wife phoned and talked about her extreme distaste for the ring her husband leaves on his shirt from having a sweaty neck ” says founder.
caller discussed collar disgust

*Santa was late for the next house on his list because the weird appendages on Johnny’s pet crab really impressed him
odd claws awed Claus

* Ms. Wray’s namesakes were victorious in the first stage.
Fayes won phase one

*So as not to blemish his reputation as a great athlete, former Left Fielder Rice de-accentuated his “F” in phys-ed when he posted his freshman year report card on his “Meet the 1974-1989 Redsox” website.
Jim grayed gym grade

*(there are 2 in this one) Women Trampled at Free-range Zoo! The exclusive group of house cleaners took a picture (causing a certain sound .) What follows is as would be expected: a sound that was audible irritates group of buffalo , stampede ensues.)
maid clique made click -- a noise heard annoys herd



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