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brendan

17th July 2012, 20:20
Need the parsing explained on this -

Brownish-grey shark picked up - TAUPE (Brownish -grey, but the rest....)
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malone

17th July 2012, 20:28
Taupe sounds like ('picked up') tope, asmall shark.
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andyc

17th July 2012, 20:29

brendan

17th July 2012, 20:30
That's great, cheers.
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brendan

17th July 2012, 20:32
PS. I'd just read the chapter on 'homophones' in my new crossword book. Obviously it didn't sink in (no pun intended)
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rossim

17th July 2012, 20:37
Thanks for the link andyc. I was about to say that it was a poor homophone but it is obviously my pronounciation that's at fault.
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