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[liliania1710]

I am being very puzzled. A little girl arrived from a swimming contest and she says that when starting they were shouted not something like "start" or "go", but smth like "stell"? and she parted too late because she didn't understand that. I can't find the word, does anybody have ideas (thank you in advance and hope you are being well :-) ).

Comments

[adam_0oo]

Was it in english?

[liliania1710]

Yes, the girl feels so. Do you feel like there is no word like this?

[adam_0oo]

I used to swim, and I can't think of a word like that.

I can imagine the guy having enough of an accent and her being so nervous that she heard it like that?

[liliania1710]

May be! Thank you, this is rather professional an answer, since you used to swim.