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  • Pogle
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    Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
    Buttoneer in Action !

    Pogle, please say it ain't you !
    <cough>

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  • Board Game Geek
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    Buttoneer in Action !

    Pogle, please say it ain't you !

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  • Board Game Geek
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    Blimey, Ronco eh ?

    Now there was a quality company that produced and sold stuff you didn't really know you needed.

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  • Lockhouse
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    Are you sure he didn't mean the much loved item from the 1970's the Ronco Buttoneer!

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  • Platypus
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    Originally posted by Pogle View Post
    i am a REALLY REALLY bed speller!
    You don't say?

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  • Drewster
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    Originally posted by Pogle View Post
    Does anyone read dictionaries just for fun? or am I weird in that respect?
    Ahem! Errrr how can I put this........Um without you taking offence......

    Errrrr - you are weird!

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  • Pogle
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    Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
    Pogle,

    I do have a dictionary, but to find a word, you need to know how to spell it.

    I was given the word phoenetically over the phone.
    Yeah - but I reckon It's still easier with a book, this may of course be down to the fact that i am a REALLY REALLY bed speller!

    Does anyone read dictionaries just for fun? or am I weird in that respect?

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  • Board Game Geek
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    Pogle,

    I do have a dictionary, but to find a word, you need to know how to spell it.

    I was given the word phoenetically over the phone.

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  • Pogle
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    Do you not own a dictionary - as in a large book with lots of words in it?
    It's a lot easier to find a word you don't know using one. I find online dictionary's unhelpful. I always have one on my desk - mainly because I'm crap at spelling

    In my OED Boutonniere nestles between Boutique and Bouzouki

    HTH

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  • Board Game Geek
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    Wow, thank you Mr Oracleslave. Wordsmith of the Day !

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  • oracleslave
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    Boutonniere

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutonniere
    Last edited by oracleslave; 22 May 2009, 07:44. Reason: Link added

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  • Drewster
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    Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
    Morning all,

    A family member called me last night for a chat and during the discussion, she said to me that she overheard a word which she had never heard before.

    I asked her to spell it, but she didn't know how to, hence my googling has been fruitless.

    The word phoentically sounds like :

    Buton Air

    where "buton" sounds like Futon, the type of bed.

    Apparently it means something to do with a hole in a jacket, that you might put a flower in, eg carnation.

    Anyone know the correct spelling of this mysterious word, so I can google its history ?

    Ta very muchly
    Very similar to Arse air - I would imagine

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  • Board Game Geek
    started a topic Word hunt

    Word hunt

    Morning all,

    A family member called me last night for a chat and during the discussion, she said to me that she overheard a word which she had never heard before.

    I asked her to spell it, but she didn't know how to, hence my googling has been fruitless.

    The word phoentically sounds like :

    Buton Air

    where "buton" sounds like Futon, the type of bed.

    Apparently it means something to do with a hole in a jacket, that you might put a flower in, eg carnation.

    Anyone know the correct spelling of this mysterious word, so I can google its history ?

    Ta very muchly

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