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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Butte of the joke

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00i have heard once this expression(she was the butte of the joke in college)02br
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00well, i am not sure about the spelling of butte ((it just sounds like but))0-
  

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02br 02br 00butte = an isolated mountain, something like a mesa, I think0-

— Davkett

  • 02br 02br 00butte = an isolated mountain, something like a mesa, I think0-
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00The joke is aimed at her.02br
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00butte = an isolated mountain, something like a mesa, I think0-
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0Yes, "butte" is French for "hillock", "knoll".02br
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00But spelled "but", it also means "target".0-
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0oh! i see02br
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00thanks for lifting up the coulds0-
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0Hi Pieanne,02br
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00Are you sure that spelling 01b00b-u-t02b00 can mean 'target'?02br
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00The only noun definition of 'but' that I found in M-W was:02br
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01i00Scottish02i00 01b00:02b00 the kitchen or living quarters of a 2-room cottage 0-
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0Sorry, Davkett, I meant in French! "butte" and "but".02br
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00We also use "butte" in the same expression as in the initial post.0-
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