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    vosnevosne Posts: 14,131
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    Mrs Teapot wrote: »
    I do have a Lancashire accent but exaggerate it on here at times :o I hopefully say most words properly with an accent :D

    I'm just up myself and like to speak propah :D
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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Mrs Teapot wrote: »
    I say can't as sort of cahn't ........hope that makes sense :D:

    How would you say cant (slang or jargon)? Actually, that reminds me:

    cant (slang or jargon) / cant (slope or slant)
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    thapthapthapthap Posts: 621
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    #79
    mole and mole

    one has paws
    one grows on a mingers face!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 29,701
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    #80
    thapthap wrote: »
    mole and mole

    one has paws
    one grows on a mingers face!

    Paws, Pause, Pours and Pores
    Paw, Pour and Pore
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,064
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    #81
    Mrs Teapot wrote: »
    I say can't as sort of cahn't ........hope that makes sense :D:

    My sisters say carn't rather than cant
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,064
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    speaking slightly off subject it is interesting that the BOW of a sailing ship was made from one BOUGH of a tree that was roughly the right shape similar to a BOW (with arrow) but whan it is for a ship it is spelt Bow rather than Bough, I would have thought it would be the latter (bough) English is a strange language isn't it.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    #83
    Mrs Teapot wrote: »
    Good one, accent can a part
    House and arse/ass in cokney
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    ML11ML11 Posts: 888
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    Ajax (Ayax football team) Ajax (cleaning product)

    Seat (car) Seat (as to sit)

    Off topic one - Therapist, the rapist
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    CLL DodgeCLL Dodge Posts: 115,873
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    #85
    CLL Dodge wrote: »
    hypertension: high blood pressure
    hypotension:: low blood pressure
    PinkPetunia wrote: »
    Thats not the same word ?

    Thread title says similar. And for opposites they sound far too similar when spoken.
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    HieronymousHieronymous Posts: 7,290
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    #86
    Minute - 60 seconds

    Minute - very small
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 29,701
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    #87
    Step (relation), step (noun) and step (verb)
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    Smiley433Smiley433 Posts: 7,900
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    #88
    Effect - noun
    Affect - verb
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    1fab1fab Posts: 20,052
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    #89
    Loose / lose
    Bare / bear
    Defuse / diffuse

    I've just read a novel, which contained the phrase "diffuse the situation." Whatever happened to proof reading?
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