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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    If you are referring to "cant" as an angle of lean from the vertical.
    Cant is also a trade specific dialect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    Cant is also a trade specific dialect.
    I wouldn't describe it in the singular, as there are several trade professions that could use it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    I wouldn't describe it in the singular, as there are several trade professions that could use it.
    Err, I described it perfectly.

    A particular cant is specific to a particular trade.

    You Canute.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    Err, I described it perfectly.

    A particular cant is specific to a particular trade.
    Perhaps "trades" specific.
    Since multiple professions can use the term to describe a variation from the vertical.
    Xyloidic engineers would know this...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket View Post
    As opposed to motorcyclists who can't spell correctly?
    Yes Ms Kettle. Ms Black Kettle.
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