rout = 'complete and decisive victory'

[Robin Hamilton]

> Yeah, just another weird I gotta dree.
>
> JL

It's a braw linguist wha drees his ain wyrd.

Robin

> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Robin Hamilton <
> robin.hamilton3 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
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>> Poster:       Robin Hamilton <robin.hamilton3 at VIRGINMEDIA.COM>
>> Subject:      Re: rout = 'complete and decisive victory'
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>> > (You know, the more I look at the simple word "rout," the weirder it
>> > seems. It's just a weird word. When I was five, I got hung up on the
>> > word
>> > "glue": it just seemed very, very strange _per se_.  Even creepy.  But
>> > definitely not eerie.)
>> >
>> > JL
>>
>> You mean that "glue" gave you the boke, but that the CNN (mis)use of
>> "rout"
>> garred ye grue?
>>
>> Robin

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