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		72deluxe on March 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pronunciation errors that made the English languag... We had a teacher named Mrs Hoare, pronounced "whore". She was lovely. She eventually left to be replaced by Mrs Robinson, so handing in homework involved "Here's to you Mrs Robinson!" but nobody got as far as asking "Are you trying to seduce me Mrs Robinson?" chortle chortle guffaw teenage idiots

Mindless2112 on March 12, 2014 [–]

I've often imagined what an awkward look I would get mentioning Hoare logic [1] to someone who hadn't seen it written.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoare_logic

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