Re: USAGE: plunk/plank
| From: | jogloran <exponent@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 17, 2002, 8:34 |
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Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@Y...> wrote:
<<
Sorry to waste a message with a non-conlang- (but still linguistic-)
related message, but I was wondering if anyone could help me find a
word
and a derivation.
The word in question is 'plunk' or 'plank', we pronounce it /plAnk/
(or
/plVnk/). It's a thing put on a table that you put hot things onto so
that
you don't damage the table or similar. As far as I can tell, it's just
used by my family---what is the normal word for it?
>>
As you probably know, a plank is a piece of wooden board; I
immediately thought of plank in that meaning. Is this plank for
protecting tables made of wood or suchlike?
Imperative
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