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    #21
    I'd like to suggest "loose" as in "I want to loose weight"
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      #22
      Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
      Because in English nouns normally have a lower-case initial letter.
      What about Mother Theresa ?




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        #23
        Originally posted by Zippy View Post
        I'd like to suggest "loose" as in "I want to loose weight"
        I could of added that pet hate, plus others.
        My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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          #24
          I don't think there's anything wrong with "thankyou", really. It's not technically correct, but it's perfectly understandable. "Noone" is more difficult to defend. "No-one" is fine though.

          These are just compound words. How do you feel about "anymore" or, even worse, "albeit"? I still remember reading that word out loud as a kid and rhyming it with the German word "arbeit". I couldn't decypher "all be it" at all and just assumed it was a completely separate word, which it is I suppose, as its definition is "even though" rather than "all be it". But then I suppose you can't define a word as itself. "Thankyou" couldn't be defined as "thank you".

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            #25
            Originally posted by Zippy View Post
            I'd like to suggest "loose" as in "I want to loose weight"
            What about "just desserts"? You see that all the time.

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              #26
              Originally posted by sasguru View Post
              Good question. I think you would be a prime example of a low IQ cretin.

              HTH
              Gosh!! You are so cutting with your rapier like wit!!! I doubt anyone saw that coming!!

              Tell me do you practise on your friends??...... oh sorry I mean do you practice with your alter egos??.........

              What is your combined IQ?

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                #27
                Originally posted by Drewster View Post
                Gosh!! You are so cutting with your rapier like wit!!! I doubt anyone saw that coming!!
                Compared to your tedious "I've got a Nu-Lab educashun - see how many exclamation points and new tags I can type" posts, even CyberCretin is rapier-like.

                HTH
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                  #28
                  Originally posted by dang65 View Post
                  I don't think there's anything wrong with "thankyou", really. It's not technically correct, but it's perfectly understandable.
                  "Thank you" comes across to me as a sincere message of gratitude.

                  "Thankyou" comes across as "whatever, luser".

                  It always seems to appear with:

                  - "Be a patient patient thankyou" in doctor's surgeries where the receptionist is particularly rude

                  - "The trains are not running today, thankyou" being the contempt of the railways

                  - "I don't know why we can't provide you with the service you have paid for. Is there anything else I can help you with today? No? Thankyou." being the contempt of the call centres

                  It is half way between "Thankyouhaveanicedaymissingyoualreadynext" and "oh thankyouverymuch you git".
                  My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                    Compared to your tedious "I've got a Nu-Lab educashun - see how many exclamation points and new tags I can type" posts, even CyberCretin is rapier-like.

                    HTH
                    Happy that you get some enjoyment in life.... even if its only laughing at your own posts! :twunt: <for the benefit of SAS> That means I think you are a twunt!!!!! <and thats just added emphasis>

                    I am sure you posted that you were retiring your tedious ID - what happened?

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Drewster View Post
                      Happy that you get some enjoyment in life.... even if its only laughing at your own posts! :twunt: <for the benefit of SAS> That means I think you are a twunt!!!!! <and thats just added emphasis>

                      I am sure you posted that you were retiring your tedious ID - what happened?
                      Aw poor diddums. Now toodle off to the party thread for the new boy where you can post more of your tedious, pointless prattle.
                      Hard Brexit now!
                      #prayfornodeal

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