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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Today I heard a five-year-old refer to a particular toy as a “dumbtruck” rather than a dumptruck. This sounds like such a familiar reshaping by children, and yet there don’t seem to be that many applicable Google hits. I should have asked how the word “dumb” applies to the truck. Any suggestions?
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