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>awadwinners

AWADtalkers
awadwhingers/awadwhiners
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Cawads?


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>And what's the pronunciation of awad anyway?

/AY wad/

(certainly NOT /awd/ or /ah WAD/?!)



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'wad' - what's the value the 'a' takes?

Please help UK-English speaker here for whom cot and cart have different vowel sounds...

cheer

the sunshine warrior


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wad, as in a fistful of dollars. 8-)


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Ah so.

Then perhaps we could be Astacks?


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...but wouldn't that lead to the unfortunate Aseeds?


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Exactly - the worst term of disapprobation on this board. We can be too polite...

I'm voting for Astacks!


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Has anybody suggested AWADeers? "All for words, and words for all"?


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AWADeers? "All for words, and words for all

This has my vote, Max! I love the motto!
Anu, are you listening, Dear?


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