[Info-vax] New HP-made Chromebook-11 Laptop

[AEF]

On Monday, October 14, 2013 8:24:57 PM UTC-4, AEF wrote:
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> > > It says "humorous". And furthermore, _clot_ and _cloud_ aren't close enough in
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> > > The weather forecaster's vision was cloudy. The weather forecaster's vision was
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> > In fact, "clot" in England ~means idiot and I had no problem decoding that
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> and the like from Mobile Me when Apple decided to shut it down. So people were 
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> Alright. I am in the US. I'm not familiar with the word _clot_ except in terms 
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> AEF

_Clod_ would have worked better for U.S. English speakers:

From

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clod?show=0&t=1381806436

clod
noun \ˈkläd\

: a lump of dirt or clay

: a person who is stupid and dull

And it sounds a lot more like _cloud_ than _clot_, at least in American English.

Still not sure if that's really close enough, but it is closer than _clot_.

OK

AEF