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the grim squeaker wrote:EEEeeww.
CodeBlower wrote:yuck
Sorry, folks, I did not realize my previous word association would evoke such reactions; in french "prendre les mots de la bouche" is a perfectly normal phrase meaning that someone just said what you were about to say yourself. Apparently it does not translate very wellthe grim squeaker wrote:Ick

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Means the same in English. I think The Squeaker was trying to be "grossed-out" funny.voralfred wrote:Sorry, folks, I did not realize my previous word association would evoke such reactions; in french "prendre les mots de la bouche" is a perfectly normal phrase meaning that someone just said what you were about to say yourself. Apparently it does not translate very well.
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