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imported>Hayford Peirce
(→‎a strange disaster: baffled by *disāsterous)
imported>Ro Thorpe
(→‎a strange disaster: *kor *blymi! *nok me *dahn *wiv a *fevver)
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I gotta say that I don't understand  
I gotta say that I don't understand  
*disāsterous at all. I changed it to what seemed to me to be correct, but you've changed it back. I imagine, with a reason. But if I'm baffled by this inexplicable form/word, I imagine that others will be too.  What's the scoop on this baby? [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 19:21, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
*disāsterous at all. I changed it to what seemed to me to be correct, but you've changed it back. I imagine, with a reason. But if I'm baffled by this inexplicable form/word, I imagine that others will be too.  What's the scoop on this baby? [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 19:21, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
:Yes, that was before I explained the all-important asterisk.  Have a look at the first paragraph again: I think it is now *cleer. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 09:21, 13 March 2008 (CDT)

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It is too arduous to edit my Word list to include only homophones, hence the name change. All the homophones will still be there, locatable by the equals sign. Ro Thorpe = Reaux Zourpe 16:27, 12 March 2008 (CDT)

a strange disaster

I gotta say that I don't understand

  • disāsterous at all. I changed it to what seemed to me to be correct, but you've changed it back. I imagine, with a reason. But if I'm baffled by this inexplicable form/word, I imagine that others will be too. What's the scoop on this baby? Hayford Peirce 19:21, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
Yes, that was before I explained the all-important asterisk. Have a look at the first paragraph again: I think it is now *cleer. Ro Thorpe 09:21, 13 March 2008 (CDT)