What I need is wine-soaked sleep

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Charlie Bernstein said:
"Do my wife" is vulgar. "Wine-soaked" is poetic. Putting them together sounds highly unnatural.
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I thought the clash of registers gave it a charm. Not natural, but distinctive.
 
Tdol said:
I thought the clash of registers gave it a charm. Not natural, but distinctive.
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Clash of registers! Good one!:)
 
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