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[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/6/2007 11:24 AM, you wrote:
>the "Slang and colloquialisms of the UK" site
>   (http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang)
>says
>   *cast nasturtiums*   _Verb_.  To sully a person's reputation.  A
>pun on 'cast aspersions'.
>
>it seems to me that "pun" is not quite the right label here, though
>phonological similarity is involved.

Are they thinking the pun is on "nasty"?

Joel

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