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Negotiations founder over health plans
Founder?? Should it not be flounder
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On tomorrow night’s city council agenda, the city manager is proposing a
new (or perhaps expanded) ordinance about camping on public property, item
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From http://www.thefreedictionary.com/founder
foun·der 1 (foundr)
v. foun·dered, foun·der·ing, foun·ders
v.intr.
1. To sink below the surface of the water: The ship struck a reef and foundered.
2. To cave in; sink: The platform swayed and then foundered.
3. To fail utterly; collapse: a marriage that soon foundered.
4. To stumble, especially to stumble and go lame. Used of horses.
5. To become ill from overeating. Used of livestock.
6. To be afflicted with laminitis. Used of horses.
Founder means sinking, as in a boat foundering on the shoals...blah, blah, blah...
Flounder means moving with a struggle. I picture a dying fish flopping, but that's me.
Founder is correct. Shouldn't you look it up before posting?
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