She lost her swan

Guest   Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:33 pm GMT
What's that imply?
Guest   Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:20 am GMT
lost /lAst/
swan /swAn/
Guest   Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:13 am GMT
lost /lQst/
swan /swQn/
Guest   Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:14 am GMT
lost /lOst/
swan /sw{n/
Rick   Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:29 pm GMT
Um, I don't think this thread was meant to be about pronunciation.
Guest   Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:47 pm GMT
Maybe the swan is a piece of silver jewelery shaped like a swan and the woman needs a replacement.
Uriel   Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:29 pm GMT
<<What's that imply? >>

It's not an idiom or expression, if that's what you're asking. So it doesn't imply anyting except its literal meaning -- she had a large water bird at one point, and now she doesn't know where it is.
Geoff_One   Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:38 pm GMT
Agree with Uriel.
Guest   Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:42 pm GMT
But a swan is a particular type of water bird.
Guest   Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:54 am GMT
>>It's not an idiom or expression, if that's what you're asking.

That does it. Thnx
K. T.   Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:56 am GMT
Could it have been "swain" instead of "swan"? It isn't common, but I've seen such a sentence before. Swain is a word meaning "young man", I think.

Context...
Damian in Edinburgh   Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:35 pm GMT
Maybe she thought at first glance that her reflection in the tranquil pool of water resembled a swan, but when she looked again all she could see was a duckling. Is that feasible?