Re: Your Favorite Block/Blocks?

sorry to be so late replying to you and the rest....
anyhow, its not so much the pronunciation but the meaning when she says 'its
moreish.'
always makes me thing 'moorish' and then it all starts yet again.
we just gotta have something to discuss, lol.
keeps us somewhat sober as a rule. :)
hugz,
jeanne
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"Patti" wrote...
> Just point out the difference between 'moo' the noise a cow makes! And
> 'more' >g< .
> --
> Best Regards
> pat on the hill

nzlstar* writes...
>>yup, Sandy,
>>you, cathy, snigs and sally all said it the way they did.
>>amazing i've been saying it incorrectly for yonks, now.
>>i love when this happens and takes me a while to get it stuck into my
>>brain.
>>keeps the brain moving correctly.
>>i am pedantic and like it when this happens to me.
>>really annoys me when others dont 'get' a correct pronunciation on
>>something
>>and even when its pointed out they still refuse to change.
>>i dont worry about those dialectic ones only those with one correct way of
>>saying a word.
>>still working on a good friend and the diff between 'moreish' and
>>'moorish'.
>>both sound the same.
>>first one is when a food is so good you just gotta have more (a downunder
>>idiom).
>>the second refers to the type of food/flavour.
>>oh well.
>>jeanne
>><it keeps my brain ticking over, eh>


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