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    Quote Originally Posted by cherinyc View Post
    They pronounced it pert-near. "I pert-near fell out my chair." I can't even fathom where that comes from.
    I think it's from "I pretty near fell out" which could be rewritten as "I came close to falling out of my chair".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dianyla View Post
    I think it's from "I pretty near fell out" which could be rewritten as "I came close to falling out of my chair".
    OHHHH. Yeah I see it now. Pretty near. Thanks Dianyla - I've been wondering about that for a while now.
    Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
    John Lennon, "Beautiful Boy"

 

 

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