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Blue bad shoulders

8 replies

Fionasapples · 06/10/2025 16:09

I have just read (not on MN) "blue bad shoulders".
The writer was asking what should blue bad shoulders do about parking arrangements.
It took me a minute!

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AuldWeegie · 06/10/2025 16:13

My first thought was that were using speech-to-text. Or perhaps are lip readers or hearing impaired.

BrickBiscuit · 06/10/2025 19:29

Well at least the "looks awful...what an eyesaw" I saw in a comment somewhere today really does sound the same.

AuldWeegie · 07/10/2025 06:19

BrickBiscuit · 06/10/2025 19:29

Well at least the "looks awful...what an eyesaw" I saw in a comment somewhere today really does sound the same.

That would depend on the speaker’s accent, wouldn’t it? Saw and sore are very different sounds in my accent. Similarly for chest of draw / drawers.

AwakeNotThruChoice · 07/10/2025 06:24

@AuldWeegie yes but it’s not Eye Saw is it. Regardless of pronunciation.

MumoftwoNC · 07/10/2025 06:25

I love it when the misspelling makes its own sense! That is what the eye saw. And you might have a blue badge if you have bad shoulders.

It's like the classic bite of rest

RampantIvy · 07/10/2025 06:49

Four candles

Bernadinetta · 07/10/2025 06:54

Bone apple teeth!

BrickBiscuit · 07/10/2025 08:32

AuldWeegie · 07/10/2025 06:19

That would depend on the speaker’s accent, wouldn’t it? Saw and sore are very different sounds in my accent. Similarly for chest of draw / drawers.

You're right. My own accent pronounces saw and sore, and draw and drawer, exactly the same. But for others they do sound completely different.

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