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23-06-2008, 09:26 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
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Wild winds
In article ,
Sacha writes:
| On 22/6/08 23:08, in article
, "Christina
| Websell" wrote:
| "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
| k...
| The message
| from "Muddymike" contains these words:
|
| Shows the largest bow to have come down so far.
|
| Bow?
|
| Bough, and you know it.
Well, I didn't.
I had assumed that it was some reference to the shape of the branches,
or a dialect or technical usage that I was unaware of. Not everyone
maps text into speech when reading, and even then "bow" in a gardening
context would normally map to "bo".
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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