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Olivine sounds cheap, fake. Like plasticine.

Like a customer described a colour between olive and green

But the painters said, “ let’s bung on olivine.

I’ve got a job lot “.

The customer wasn’t happy, said it smacked of oregano

“ I wanted to avoid it looking too industrial “ ( like Meccano ).

This shade of coating you’ve used gives me the icks

I just feel that it looks unfinished ( like Airfix )

But it’s not.

The gemstone variety does look nice though

which will be why they changed its name to peridot. ( Like Play-Doh ).

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    Neville Hunt 11 months ago

    Thank you Lewis
    I’ve learnt something newish
    Another type of gem
    I’ll be sure to look out for them.

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    Jamie Clapperton 11 months ago

    I've been mispronouncing olivine all this time :-) Reading this was an entertaining way to get it corrected

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    Sir Robin Kingfisher 11 months ago

    Oh, I'm not sure I am even pronouncing it correctly, that's just how I read it and liked the way it sounded. Perhaps I'm wrong and Olivine is rather fine ?

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    Neville Hunt 11 months ago

    I’m with you for the een sound Lewis. It sounds a bit better than it’s alternative pronunciation when combined with olive (gawd bless her).

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