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: Whodunnit? (oh_meow) wrote in linguaphiles,
2007-08-25 19:16:00

Whodunnit?
oh_meow
linguaphiles
2007-08-25 19:16:00

A Poll

Because I can, and they're fun.

Poll #1045121

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 325

In English, I call this thing ...

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a caferiere

42(12.9%)

a french press

190(58.5%)

something else that I'll tell you in the comments

34(10.5%)

I'm not familiar with it, so don't have a name for it

59(18.2%)

Edit- sorry, that should say cafetiere. I can't type, and it doesn't let you change the questions after people have voted, for obvious reasons.

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