Re: Who is Gee Maçon ?

Genome wrote:

> No, in French it is
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> 'Tête d'une pomme de terre'.
>
> Which would be pronounced
>
> 'Tet doon pom duh tare'.

LOL ! He looks a bit like him too, going by the pic on his site.

Graham

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