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Written by Tom Forsyth on 2025-01-20 at 19:12

My wife called a place to sharpen her chainsaw because it has gone "blunt". They didn't understand the word "blunt", but also didn't offer an alternative word that meant "not sharp". Is this a word that is just not used in the US?

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Written by aeva on 2025-01-20 at 19:17

@TomF blunt is a word that is commonly used with that definition here

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Written by aeva on 2025-01-20 at 19:18

@TomF maybe they just couldn't understand what she was saying over the phone

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Written by Tom Forsyth on 2025-01-20 at 19:19

@aeva They had quite a conversation about it, and she even spelled it out for them!

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Written by aeva on 2025-01-20 at 19:20

@TomF wow

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