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Old 01-28-2017, 11:16 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by meeera View Post
I'm Australian and wouldn't use "falsies" for teeth - my first thought, reading that, would be a padded bra. If you don't want to say "dentures", why not just "false teeth"?
If I remember correctly (from my lounge vs sofa thread of a very similar nature) you're from the west. It seems that east and west are far enough apart to be evolving independent dialects - or maybe I'm so isolated that I'm evolving my own

Changing the phrasing was not really the problem, it was understanding that it might be necessary.
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