"Difficult Languages"

[Herb Stahlke]

In NW Ohio, where my wife's family lives, I've heard "frosten," as in
"frosten a cake," often.


On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> The last sentence of this article contains the verb, "quieten." I'm rolling
> downhill toward eighty, yet, this the first time that I've ever encountered
> this word.
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> Youneverknow.
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> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:16 AM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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> > I just stumbled on this article and found it interesting. Probably old
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> > to y'all, but here it is.
> > http://www.economist.com/node/15108609
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