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echo: fidonews
to: MARK LEWIS
from: GERRIT KUEHN
date: 2019-01-27 18:15:00
subject: Racists

Hello mark!

27 Jan 19 11:13, mark lewis wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:


 GK>> I got that far, but I guess there is more to it? Wouldn't "polish"
 GK>> also refer to something to polish furniture

 ml> no, not with the given context... that's a different word...

 ml>   p oh lish - people from poland
 ml> vs
 ml>   p ah lish - to make shiny

May that be US pronunciation? The ones I have here are pretty much the same for
both meanings, except for the length of the "o" (long for the nation, shorter
for the shine - so it's more like "oh" and "o" than "oh" and "ah"). 


Regards,
Gerrit

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