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Originally posted by FireHorse FireHorse wrote:

Epitome.

What more can I say?

This was perfect. 
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For me:
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Gunwale 
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Not me, but cute:
I used to work at a kids summer camp and this sweet little girl who read way more than she spoke did get very excited when the topic of dinosaurs came up and her favourite was the "VELL-oh-kai-raptor" which was her pronunciation of velociraptor, so i still say it in my head that way sometimes.
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