Mizzle (was: Long consonant strings)

"machhezan" <machhezan at yahoo dot com> wrote:

>>> Does it mizzle in Zurich?
>>
>> What is mizzle?
>
> To me, it's a dictionary word... it's a translation of German
> _nieseln_ 'to be raining very few'; another translation, also from
> http://dict.leo.org is _drizzle_. I chose _mizzle_ because it was
> followed by the note "[Amer.]". Hope that helps.

"Mizzle" is the verb that has "misled" as its past tense.

-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
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