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   Re: Smeg!   
   19 Jan 08 11:26:06   
   
   From: m@hawkida.com   
      
   On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:39:19 -0000, "Col"    
   wrote:   
      
   >> My misses was born in pommie land, and she says "Won" instead of one. It   
   >> always cracks me up.  (-:   
   >   
   >But we pronounce the two words the same here.   
      
   I don't...   
      
   If I say the sentence:   
      
   "I won one"   
      
   then the last two words are subtley different. Attempting to write it   
   in a vaguely phonetical way it would be something like:   
      
   "Eye wun won".   
      
   Max   
      
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