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dernwyn
Forum Admin
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May 24 2012, 4:29pm
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that they had to close the A&M library? Someone stole the book! Then they were able to get it back, but had to close again, because the person had colored in all the pages. (I wonder if my U. Texas/Austin-graduate brother still has his "101 Aggie Jokes" booklet...) (Oh, I got an email from him today, he wanted to send my youngest a gift certificate, and wondered if Starbucks was "genetic". Yep, he really wrote that. )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire" "It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?" -Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Commonly misused phrases
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Ataahua
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May 23 2012, 11:16pm
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that doesn't faze me
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Annael
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May 23 2012, 11:22pm
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OMG I just did this....
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Hamfast
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May 23 2012, 11:37pm
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it wasn't you who piqued my response
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Annael
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May 24 2012, 3:05am
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I know i'm guilty of using
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Hamfast
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May 23 2012, 11:27pm
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This was quite interesting....
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Longbottom Leaf
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May 24 2012, 12:41am
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So, thanks to Ataahua, you've added a nugget to your treasury of knowledge
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kiwifan
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May 26 2012, 9:06pm
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Thanks Kiwifan!
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Longbottom Leaf
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May 28 2012, 11:22pm
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Thanks for that! Really interesting! //
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Compa_Mighty
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May 24 2012, 1:00am
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I do pretty well with those
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Magpie
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May 24 2012, 1:57am
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Oh, "could of" drives me nuts.
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Silverlode
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May 24 2012, 2:33am
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LOL!
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Ataahua
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May 24 2012, 2:54am
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That one actually kind of makes sense.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 25 2012, 4:13pm
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*weeps, wails, gnashes teeth, pulls out a few hairs* Find a happy place! Find a happy place!
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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May 24 2012, 3:12am
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Well, I would of mentioned that one
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Starling
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May 24 2012, 5:18am
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I quite agree with you
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kiwifan
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May 26 2012, 9:54pm
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Pogo mentions a cat
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 25 2012, 4:11pm
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Yeah,
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sherlock
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May 26 2012, 2:43pm
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Benefit of this thread
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DanielLB
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May 26 2012, 2:59pm
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Irony
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JWPlatt
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May 26 2012, 3:27pm
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You had to point that out didn't you! /
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DanielLB
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May 26 2012, 10:01pm
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"Anchors aweigh" not "anchors away" //
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SirDennisC
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May 24 2012, 2:16am
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Hot water heater.
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Delrond
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May 24 2012, 2:31am
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Similarly (conversely?) "unthaw" or "dethaw" instead of
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SirDennisC
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May 24 2012, 12:42pm
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That was great!
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Elberbeth
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May 24 2012, 3:08am
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Oh, and what about 'flaunt' and 'flout'?//
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Elberbeth
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May 24 2012, 3:09am
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For all intensive purposes...
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Morthoron
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May 24 2012, 3:24am
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Oh well done.
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Ataahua
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May 24 2012, 4:13am
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Evil is a discipline, like every higher calling...
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Morthoron
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May 25 2012, 1:25am
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Misteaks, I've maid a few... but then again, two few too mention ;)
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zarabia
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May 24 2012, 3:29am
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This thread was a great ideal ;)
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zarabia
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May 24 2012, 3:51am
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Can anyone tell me where
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Radhruin
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May 24 2012, 4:24am
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You're not alone. //
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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May 24 2012, 4:34am
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I can't tell you where it came from, but I know where I'd like to put it
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Starling
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May 24 2012, 5:15am
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Okay, I feel qualified to speak to that one
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Arandiel
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May 31 2012, 4:35am
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You really shouldn't encourage me like this!
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Nienna
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May 24 2012, 6:26am
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I never heard anyone say
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Starling
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May 24 2012, 7:12am
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a friend who is an editor complained to me
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Annael
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May 24 2012, 2:11pm
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This really sets my teeth on edge
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 24 2012, 4:33pm
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Not a phrase, but a word...
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dormouse
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May 24 2012, 7:06am
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I always read ...
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Magpie
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May 24 2012, 1:40pm
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I am
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sherlock
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May 26 2012, 2:55pm
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Not so much a phrase that is misused, but one that annoyes me:
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 8:54am
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Haha love them!
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imin
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May 24 2012, 10:44am
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Two/too/to
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 1:27pm
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I think a lot of mistakes like this though...
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Magpie
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May 24 2012, 1:47pm
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Yeah.
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 2:06pm
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and spellcheck is useless for those mistakes
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Annael
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May 24 2012, 2:19pm
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Spellcheckers: Candidate for a Pullet Surprise
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dernwyn
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May 24 2012, 2:33pm
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Ow!
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 2:35pm
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Reminds me of "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut"
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 25 2012, 4:24pm
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Speaking of that particular typo...
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Alassëa Eruvande
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May 24 2012, 2:41pm
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Maybe, maybe not.
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 2:50pm
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Hey now!
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Alassëa Eruvande
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May 24 2012, 3:15pm
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Now, now....
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 24 2012, 4:31pm
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Funnily enough,
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Alassëa Eruvande
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May 24 2012, 4:40pm
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Did you know
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dernwyn
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May 24 2012, 4:29pm
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A tornado hit the A&M campus!
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 4:35pm
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An A&M rocket scientist
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dernwyn
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May 24 2012, 5:49pm
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How many Aggies does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 5:58pm
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Did you hear about the Aggie terrorist?
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dernwyn
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May 25 2012, 1:32am
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Evolution of Languages
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Finwe
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May 24 2012, 1:48pm
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I got caught out on "there's" the other day
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Annael
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May 24 2012, 2:14pm
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"Professionals"
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JWPlatt
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May 24 2012, 2:26pm
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That one knots my knickers,
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Ataahua
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May 24 2012, 7:25pm
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UK Schools
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 7:34pm
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Daniel you are spot on, us UK-ers were not methodically taught 'grammar' per se.
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Xanaseb
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May 24 2012, 11:32pm
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I'm glad I'm not the only one!
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DanielLB
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May 25 2012, 6:49am
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Yep.
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 7:57pm
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Supply & Demand
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JWPlatt
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May 24 2012, 8:16pm
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Those two spaces...
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Elizabeth
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May 25 2012, 4:14am
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Word's grammar checker and I
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Silverlode
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May 25 2012, 4:27am
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I hearted Word Perfect
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Magpie
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May 25 2012, 4:36am
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I agree on Word Perfect!
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 25 2012, 2:47pm
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I loved WordPerfect
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Annael
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May 25 2012, 2:57pm
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I have both new Words...
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 25 2012, 4:10pm
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I liked
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sherlock
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May 28 2012, 5:31pm
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wouldn't it be nice...
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Magpie
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May 25 2012, 4:22am
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Even though I really, really know better
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 25 2012, 4:18pm
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Feed a cold; starve a fever
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Otaku-sempai
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May 24 2012, 1:53pm
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Thank you! Thank you!
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 24 2012, 1:57pm
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Center, color, defense, favor, flavor, gray, jewelry, meter, neighbor, theater
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 2:21pm
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Learning
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JWPlatt
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May 24 2012, 2:28pm
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10/10 //
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 2:37pm
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If I don't proof-read
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 2:46pm
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haha im tempted as well
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imin
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May 24 2012, 2:45pm
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To be honest
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 2:51pm
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To Be Honest, I Think...
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JWPlatt
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May 24 2012, 2:59pm
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It doesnt make sense really does it?
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imin
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May 24 2012, 3:06pm
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reminds me of the argument against overuse of "very"
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Annael
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May 24 2012, 8:19pm
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There's nothing wrong with our (American) spelling...
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Otaku-sempai
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May 24 2012, 3:24pm
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I'm only joking ;-) /
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 4:44pm
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Yes, the joys of dialect....
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Lily Fairbairn
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May 24 2012, 4:38pm
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I'm starting to mix them up.
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Annael
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May 24 2012, 8:25pm
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Are / Is
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JWPlatt
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May 24 2012, 9:28pm
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I hadn't realised there was a difference between are/is for the UK & US
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 9:34pm
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I was taught that in school.
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dernwyn
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May 24 2012, 10:19pm
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Not just "old-timers"
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 10:20pm
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It's also correct
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geordie
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May 25 2012, 6:28am
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A Hotel / An Hour
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JWPlatt
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May 25 2012, 2:14pm
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It's not *not* correct
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DanielLB
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May 25 2012, 2:20pm
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Yes, you're right about 'an hour' -
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geordie
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May 25 2012, 7:27pm
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Nope
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JWPlatt
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May 26 2012, 12:32am
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Anybody that says 'otel needs speech lessons ;-) /
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DanielLB
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May 26 2012, 6:29am
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You need to come to yorkshire then!
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imin
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May 26 2012, 7:35am
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Duck
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DanielLB
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May 26 2012, 8:08am
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not as common as one might think.
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imin
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May 26 2012, 10:12am
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True
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DanielLB
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May 26 2012, 1:50pm
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Everything I know about the Yorkshire dialect I learned from "Ilkley Moor Baht 'At"
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Magpie
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May 26 2012, 2:16pm
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I have a friend who's from Sheffield
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sherlock
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May 29 2012, 10:06am
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I'm British -
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geordie
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May 26 2012, 7:00am
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"an historical reason"?
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dernwyn
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May 26 2012, 12:07pm
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Exactly!
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geordie
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May 26 2012, 12:33pm
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:)
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Annael
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May 26 2012, 2:38pm
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But at least these are legitimate spellings in American English
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kiwifan
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May 25 2012, 10:14pm
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Askance
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DanielLB
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May 25 2012, 11:12pm
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I looked askance at that mis-usage
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geordie
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May 26 2012, 7:23am
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A great malaprop on this very site*
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Ataahua
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May 26 2012, 8:25pm
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LOL, that is funny!
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kiwifan
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May 26 2012, 10:26pm
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If you were referring to me...
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Morthoron
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May 28 2012, 12:50am
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Ha! much better than impactful...
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SirDennisC
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May 28 2012, 4:16am
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Someone may be able to answer this
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 2:56pm
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Isn't it a British/American thing?
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 3:10pm
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It might be
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DanielLB
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May 24 2012, 4:45pm
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Yeah I say "orientated" as do most British.... though things are -fast- changing with the highly highly Americanised (notice the -s- ;) :P ) new generation.
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Xanaseb
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May 24 2012, 11:36pm
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Zzzz
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JWPlatt
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May 25 2012, 12:37am
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lol haha :D
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Xanaseb
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May 25 2012, 12:53am
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Ssss
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JWPlatt
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May 25 2012, 2:23am
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And what about the difference
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Elberbeth
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May 24 2012, 4:00pm
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never heard anyone use the word priorize
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imin
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May 24 2012, 4:14pm
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Me neither.
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 4:24pm
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Prior...
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JWPlatt
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May 24 2012, 4:15pm
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Orientated is one of those stupid new "business-speak" words.
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RosieLass
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May 24 2012, 4:21pm
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I disagree with the first one.
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RosieLass
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May 24 2012, 4:23pm
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Yes.
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Darkstone
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May 24 2012, 4:26pm
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Confused Words & Contradictions
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JWPlatt
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May 24 2012, 4:47pm
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I used to think a glacier was a bloke who fixed windows -
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geordie
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May 24 2012, 5:42pm
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Here! Here!
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geordie
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May 24 2012, 5:37pm
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a brilliant database of eggcorns, so phrases that have been misused, but then are understood literally as they are by the person
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Xanaseb
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May 24 2012, 11:30pm
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Those are interesting! I've been guilty of a few of them but...
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Gimli'sBox
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May 25 2012, 2:00am
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In Spite Of
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JWPlatt
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May 25 2012, 2:31am
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Dunno if you've seen this hilarious video by David Mitchell about American - British english 'could care less' LOL :
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Xanaseb
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May 25 2012, 12:13pm
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I posted that just a page ago in the thread? lol/
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imin
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May 25 2012, 10:04pm
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Oh. LOL sorry
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Xanaseb
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May 25 2012, 11:34pm
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Champing
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MrCere
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May 25 2012, 5:04am
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It just means chewing really,
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Starling
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May 25 2012, 5:12am
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According to
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Silverlode
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May 25 2012, 5:21am
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Thirty white horses on a red hill,
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Magpie
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May 25 2012, 11:27am
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Who needs a squib, when you can have a ten-armed cephalopod?
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Starling
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May 25 2012, 5:17am
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LOL!
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Silverlode
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May 25 2012, 5:25am
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Around here we hold down the fort, pardner.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 25 2012, 4:04pm
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Never underestimate the power of Chinook winds!
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dernwyn
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May 25 2012, 4:12pm
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I never ever thought I would see the word "Chinook" on this forum
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DanielLB
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May 25 2012, 4:21pm
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And there's one I didn't think I'd see!
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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May 25 2012, 4:41pm
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Canterbury has the föhn (foehn) winds from the Southern Alps,
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Ataahua
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May 25 2012, 8:34pm
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Tolkien was not blameless -
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geordie
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May 25 2012, 8:42pm
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Pronunciation
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DanielLB
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May 25 2012, 11:14pm
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Just do what we do here in NZ and say
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Starling
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May 25 2012, 11:17pm
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I've managed to fit that into my literature review ;-)
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DanielLB
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May 25 2012, 11:20pm
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And also known as
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Starling
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May 26 2012, 12:12am
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Ha!
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Ataahua
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May 26 2012, 12:53am
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If I ever discover anything new or interesting
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DanielLB
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May 26 2012, 6:26am
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I am sure it will eventually arrive...
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Starling
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May 26 2012, 9:10am
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I like your optimism ;-) /
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DanielLB
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May 26 2012, 2:04pm
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"Fern"?
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dernwyn
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May 26 2012, 1:41am
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You'll have to record it for me
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DanielLB
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May 26 2012, 6:29am
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Here's the "official"
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dernwyn
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May 26 2012, 8:08pm
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Followed your link but I can't hear anything, duh...
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kiwifan
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May 26 2012, 8:47pm
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did you end up at this page?
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Magpie
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May 26 2012, 10:00pm
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Thanks for the advice but it still isn't working.
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kiwifan
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May 26 2012, 11:33pm
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I was able to play it without doing anything other than clicking the triangle
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Magpie
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May 27 2012, 12:06am
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Turns out it was the Flash Player not being up to date
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kiwifan
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May 27 2012, 4:11pm
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another site I like
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Magpie
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May 27 2012, 4:27pm
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Thanks dernwyn!
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DanielLB
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May 27 2012, 10:28am
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Another strange pronunciation
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DanielLB
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May 28 2012, 4:20pm
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*takes a listen on Forvo*
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dernwyn
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May 28 2012, 10:02pm
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Spot on there
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DanielLB
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May 29 2012, 7:08am
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I pronounce it Windam (or actually Windham)
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geordie
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May 29 2012, 12:25pm
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Gloucestershire?
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dernwyn
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May 30 2012, 10:26am
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Did somebody say *fern*?
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Starling
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May 27 2012, 9:20am
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What a coincidence!!
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DanielLB
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May 27 2012, 10:28am
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One day
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Starling
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May 28 2012, 7:39am
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Odd. *We* got hail yesterday evening out of the northwest. No A/C for folks without power here.//
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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May 28 2012, 7:18pm
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Noone, duck tape
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 25 2012, 4:08pm
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This is interesting
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sherlock
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May 26 2012, 10:25am
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Thank you so much, Ataahua, for this article!
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kiwifan
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May 26 2012, 8:14pm
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More habit, I would think.
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Ataahua
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May 26 2012, 8:33pm
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