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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:54:05 CST
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- From: samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
- Subject: Re: cluedo
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- >'CLOO doe'..... Tushar was absolutely right when he stated the obvious that
- >it is meant to rhyme with Ludo ('LOO doe').
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- What is "obvious" depends on the dialect. Give 'em a break, Carolyn.
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- >Rashmi while 'playdoh' and Cluedo rhyme on the last syllable the initial
- >vowel in playdoh is a diphthong in my dialect and therefore is marginally
- >longer than the 'oo' of Cluedo.
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- The whole point was to make statements independent of one's own dialect.
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- tushar
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