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Who will take Pintsize's place as the strip's new chaos gremlin?

May
- 8 (22.2%)
Melon
- 9 (25%)
Momo
- 0 (0%)
Faye
- 2 (5.6%)
Winslow
- 0 (0%)
Iris
- 0 (0%)
Sven is not a mooch
- 3 (8.3%)
Spathe ham
- 5 (13.9%)
other
- 9 (25%)

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Author Topic: WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)  (Read 18660 times)

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Re: WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)
« Reply #100 on: 14 Jul 2021, 15:01 »
Box, boxes
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Re: WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)
« Reply #101 on: 14 Jul 2021, 15:36 »
Quote from: cesium133 on 14 Jul 2021, 14:19
Goose, geese
Moose, meese moose

Mouse, mice
Louse, lice
House, hice houses

English is actually three languages in a trenchcoat, and likes to buddy up to other languages while the extra arms hidden in the folds of the coat pick their pockets for new vocabulary.
Quote from: hedgie on 14 Jul 2021, 15:01
Box, boxes
Ox, Oxen
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Re: WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)
« Reply #102 on: 14 Jul 2021, 16:16 »
You're invited to post those in the "English is weird" thread.
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Re: WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)
« Reply #103 on: 14 Jul 2021, 18:05 »
Crap.  Autocorrect.  it should have read “box, boxen”
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Re: WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)
« Reply #104 on: 14 Jul 2021, 20:26 »
Vax, Vaxen.
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Re: WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)
« Reply #105 on: 16 Jul 2021, 10:43 »
How many people are still running Vaxen these days?  I suppose, if it’s running some ancient system and hasn’t been rebooted in aeons, might as well keep it running to avoid strange things happening…
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