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Re: spade and shovel (was [romconlang] -able)

From:<li_sasxsek@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 3:51
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of T. A. McLeay
> A pail is the device filled by Jack and Jill when collecting water
on
> that fateful day. Hence in order to avoid any similar problems (or > because it's what everyone else around here says), I have always
used
> and referred to "buckets", never "pails".
"Jack 'n' Jill went up the hill, each with a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with $2.50."