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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CM Punk wrote: »
    Those who type 'alot' and 'aloud' instead of 'a lot' and 'allowed' need a good kick to the bollocks (or ovaries).

    And people who can't use their there and they're properly.
    Also vinegar ruins chips, why would you want soggy acidy chips?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    and people that pronounce the letter 'h' as 'haitch'. gfgdfgfd
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    clementine_the_tangerine wrote: »
    and people that pronounce the letter 'h' as 'haitch'. gfgdfgfd

    H is pronounced "haitch" or am i wrong? (Fancy phonetically spelling the proper way).

    I can't stand it when people pronounce "H" as "aitch", with the "huh" at all ><
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Shikari wrote: »
    H is pronounced "haitch" or am i wrong? (Fancy phonetically spelling the proper way).

    I can't stand it when people pronounce "H" as "aitch", with the "huh" at all ><

    nah it's pronounced 'aitch'
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    grace wrote: »
    nah it's pronounced 'aitch'

    :yes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    grace wrote: »
    nah it's pronounced 'aitch'

    exaaactly
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote: »
    Also vinegar ruins chips, why would you want soggy acidy chips?

    Rubbish, chips ruin vinegar, why would you want greasy stodgy lumps in your tasty drink?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Carriage Return wrote: »
    Rubbish, chips ruin vinegar, why would you want greasy stodgy lumps in your tasty drink?

    I used to drink vinegar from the bottle when I was a kid, fuck knows why.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    grace wrote: »
    nah it's pronounced 'aitch'

    Aitch just doesn't sound right D;
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Carriage Return wrote: »
    Rubbish, chips ruin vinegar, why would you want greasy stodgy lumps in your tasty drink?

    You don't buy chips if you just want vinegar. Anyway, who drinks vinegar?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Shikari wrote: »
    Aitch just doesn't sound right D;

    That's just because you're a posh farmer ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I say haitch - it begins with a H after all. But I'm from the midlands
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hate to break it to you but the word is aitch, pronounced ay-ch.

    "Aitch" comes to us from the French (who spell it ache) - and also don't pronounce it very much at all.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Carriage Return wrote: »
    Hate to break it to you but the word is aitch, pronounced ay-ch.

    "Aitch" comes to us from the French (who spell it ache) - and also don't pronounce it very much at all.

    You're all correct. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588

    But "Haytch" is also correct ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    clementine_the_tangerine wrote: »
    and people that pronounce the letter 'h' as 'haitch'. gfgdfgfd

    Being from Hull, I don't pronouce the letter H...So I don't have that worry ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Emmalee wrote: »
    Being from Hull, I don't pronouce the letter H...So I don't have that worry ;)

    my cousin is trying to teach me to talk hull.

    so far i can say 'err nerrr the kerka kerla machine is brerrrrrk'

    (oh no the coco cola machine is broke) :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    clementine_the_tangerine wrote: »
    my cousin is trying to teach me to talk hull.

    so far i can say 'err nerrr the kerka kerla machine is brerrrrrk'

    (oh no the coco cola machine is broke) :p

    You sound just like my landlord does...ahaha
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Crying "offence" in a debate is just another way of saying "I haven't been able to make a cogent argument so here's an appeal to emotion instead".

    You've lost an argument if you use the term "privilege".
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CptCoatHanger wrote: »
    You've lost an argument if you use the term "privilege".
    Why?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CptCoatHanger wrote: »
    Crying "offence" in a debate is just another way of saying "I haven't been able to make a cogent argument so here's an appeal to emotion instead".

    It can also be another way of saying "I can't be arsed to continue if the best you can come up with in an ad hominem attack".
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm With Stupid wrote: »
    Why?

    The term "privilege", when used in debate, combines the dubious qualities of being a weasel word and a superlative platitude. There are few others quite like it. And when employed, as with people crying "offence", it's usually done in such a manner as to avoid making a clear and cogent argument.

    The amount of times I've seen it used where it could be directly replaced with "I'm right, and your privilege stops you from seeing I'm right" is upsetting. Its use is lazy at best.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There are plenty of legitimate uses for it as well.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm With Stupid wrote: »
    There are plenty of legitimate uses for it as well.

    Odds on when someone uses the term "privilege" they're wearing a shit-eaters grin.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    People who drive with one working headlight should be stopped and shot by the side of the road.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Slartibartfast wrote: »
    People who drive with one working headlight should be stopped and shot by the side of the road.

    as for front fog lights... shooting is too good for them
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    People that slow down as they approach green traffic lights "in case they change" or slow to 10 mph under the limit as they go past a speed camera "just to be sure".

    Both ought to be locked in a room with Adele's music played on repeat for 24 hours.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CptCoatHanger wrote: »
    Crying "offence" in a debate is just another way of saying "I haven't been able to make a cogent argument so here's an appeal to emotion instead".

    You've lost an argument if you use the term "privilege".

    if you're using 'privilege' as a means of refutation, damn right!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It would be good if there was a bot that would read debate threads and whenever someone posts a logical fallacy or weasel word or 'omg so your argument is so offensive I'm not even going to reply' it would say 'user had withdrawn from the debate' and blocks them from replying further unless they edit the comment to make a point.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It would be better if it said "user is a screaming moron unable to form a pithy rebuttal"
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There is no reason for any vegetarian or vegan to require that their food is prepared using separate equipment from that which is used to prepare meat. We got a call from Pizza Hut the other day asking whether we wanted our vegetarian pizzas to be cut with a separate knife than the meat pizzas. Seriously, who's requesting this service?
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