Liza:
> >On the other hand, I've also been told you can die from some awful
> >superating sores that are growing on our local oysters, and yet I'll
> >eat those raw

Stefan:
> You lost me here. My dictionary has neither an entry for "superating"
> nor a useful explanation for "sore". I understand "sore" as "wounded".
> Please educate me.

Perhaps she meant: "suppurating (=discharging pus) sore".

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