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Re: pIv puqwI'

Scott Willis ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']



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Subject: Re: pIv puqwI'


> >janSIy:
> >>>Sochben ghaH puqloD'e'
> >>>wejwen 'uSDaj ghor
> >>>Sor Hap 'ay' tuQtaHvIS HuD yorvo' pIrmuSDaq lenglI'

lay'tel SIvten:
> >I think he was talking about a sled (where the child is wearing
> >the piece of wood while descending a hill) rather than a slide
> >(where the hill is wearing the piece of wood that the child
> >descends), but I could be wrong.

> DloraH:
> Because he is "wearing" the wood, instead of a sled, how about skis?

Interesting, I thought he was referring to a splint.

Same words, three different readers, three completely different ideas.
{Dajqu','ej muvuQ}.


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