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Old Tue Feb 02, 2010, 01:52pm
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Monosyllabic? Or Multi...?

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Originally Posted by RichMSN View Post
I really like oranges. I don't like apples.
Visiting team in or-ange yesterday. Whereas we ordinarily eschew two-syllable colors, for some reason I couldn't bring myself to call them the usual "Red". And though or-ange can be pronounced as two syllables, I settled on vocalizing it as one syllable, and called them "Orange" the rest of the night.
First time experience ever for me with that color. And I now feel good about it. I think I'll call it "orange" from now on, monosyllabic.
Wow, what a growing experience for me, eh?
Who says a leopard can't change his stripes?!
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