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To: Mathemagician who wrote (22009)3/15/2004 1:46:52 AM
From: Mike Buckley   of 22706
 
Mathman,

You left out a few.

For anyone who knows what a shackle is: shackle bolt.
For anyone who knows what a shackle bolt is: shackle joint.
For birders: shad spirit, shell crist, shell parakeet and shrike tit.
For shamans: shamanist
For Scottish folk: shathmont
For Kashmir folk: shawl goat
For printers: sheep's foot
For tanners: sheepsplit
For lovers: sheet
For woodworkers: shell bit
For campers: shelter tent
For dieters: sherbet
For Moslems: sheriat
For Nascar drivers: shift
For runners that don't know "shinsplints" is construed as the singular form: shinsplint
For shipping agents: shipment
For everyone who wants to know who to get mad at when the shipment doesn't arrive: shipping agent
For sheriffs in old English times: shire moot
For anyone about to give the last bit of clothing off his back: shirt
For shirt makers: shirt front
For blouse makers: shirt waist
For doctors: shoat
For horticulturists: shoeblack plant
For electricians: short circuit
For bartenders: shot
For athletes: shotput
For north Africans looking for water in the desert: shott
For seamstresses: shoulder knot
For anyone trying to get your attention: shout
For sailors: shroud knot
For welders: shut
For scoreless athletes: shutout

And last ...

For anyone posting a long list of words for which sh*t is a substitute: showboat

--Mike Buckley
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