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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“That Evo is unstoppable, he almost made another clean sweet (4 wins in a row)!” (comment at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvrXZY0774)
Final vowels are often indistinct, so I suppose it’s not surprising that some people hear “clean sweep” as “clean sweet”.
Here’s another example: “Not only was it picture day but all teams had a clean sweet in the district opener tonight against Westfield.” https://twitter.com/shsladylions/status … 8122822657
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How sweet it is when you win them all cleanly!
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2021-07-01 18:06:02)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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