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oceanicitl
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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Our new paperless, online pay slip system is a massive PITA. Also, I've practically doubled my monthly income in overtime. 
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
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Location: Scotland
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good, now stop buying korean tyres  _________________
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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During a bout of insomnia last night, I came across this gem: http://puddlegum.net/radiohead-01-and-10/
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cloaked_wolf
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Naan etymologically comes from the same word for nude/naked.
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brataccas
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I think I may have just found an aircraft tailfin from world war 2  _________________
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Sprant is a real word.  and possibly  , seeing as I've survived four decades without ever encountering it before.
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leeds_manc
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Location: Manchester
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no it isn't
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
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A whole load of stuff that I didn't know, I didn't know! Now I have moved to 'Concious Incompetence' which is apparently better!
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Spreadie
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That was my argument - I've seen it listed as a new word suggestion on Collins but nothing else. However, my son's English Lit teacher corrected his work, putting a line through "sprinted" and wrote "sprant" above it.
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veato
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I didn't learn it today (it was earlier this week) but up to now it had completely escaped my attention that homeopathy is basically water. Lolz were had.
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rustybucket
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It's not a word. >Sprant<dint > dinted flint > flinted glint > glinted hint > hinted mint > minted print > printed tint > tinted Not only can I not think of a single example of a verb ending "-int" that goes to "-ant", it doesn't make sense etymologically. The ending "-int" is usually Germanic while the ending "-ed" is also usually Germanic via the Old English "-ode" and "-od". The ending "-ant" is usually Latinate via Old French and Middle English. Total bollocks. Write a letter to complain - there's enough entropy in the Universe without teachers making it up _________________Jim
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veato
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Sprant? Jesus Titty [LIFTED] Christ.
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leeds_manc
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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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I had never heard of 'sprant' until today. Nothing about it seems right!
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