Story Time

[tealin]

There it was, a faint flicker as Vimes glanced momentarily at some paperwork in front of him. Lotto! thought William.*

*At this point Bingo had not been introduced to Ankh-Morpork.

– The Truth, pg 132 (UK)

3:52 pm

plimsoll - (n.) A rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker.
I looked up this word last week to see if it actually existed and ever since then – especially today – I've been hearing it all over.

Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

By the way, I'd always assumed it was 'snook' sounding like 'hook' but apparently it rhymes with 'nuke.' For a long time I was puzzled as to where I picked up the first pronunciation (besides the obvious spelling, of course) until going back to visit my old neighbourhood in San Diego this summer and seeing ... Snook Road. Teeheehee. Snook.

Snook, snook, snook.

[gabbysun.livejournal.com]

Psh, I've always known that! Just flows off the tongue, it does! (Actually I've no idea how to pronounce most things. WOE.)

xDD Is it really? Mine was . . . uh, Pinehurst. Which is really quite inconsequential.

Um, 'cock cock cock' really doesn't give a favorable impression, does it. :(