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AIBU?

A man I date should know what parenthese means...

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TeddyMcardle · 10/04/2011 22:27

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CJCremeEgg · 10/04/2011 23:30

Oh yes, beer, I am a great fan of assonance Grin.

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Maelstrom · 10/04/2011 23:21

I thought it was some kind of parent language... Grin

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Hatesponge · 10/04/2011 23:20

YANBU.

Mind you, these things are not always reliable. I was once v impressed when a man I fancied like mad liked knew what a trebuchet was.

However I was much less impressed when I found out Exp (who is singularly stupid) also knew. Age of Empires has a lot to answer for Hmm Grin

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BeerTricksPotter · 10/04/2011 23:18

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CJCremeEgg · 10/04/2011 23:16

Getting the rhyme wrong, innit beer?

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BeerTricksPotter · 10/04/2011 23:14

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nijinsky · 10/04/2011 23:12

He has now countered with do I know what an oxymoron is? Theres no stopping him now. He'll be onto onomatipea and similies next.

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scottishmummy · 10/04/2011 23:01

got to say (hate the wee asides in brackets) they are wanky

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TeddyMcardle · 10/04/2011 22:57

parentheses
shakey you call that solicitor they'll understand ((hugs))

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shakey1500 · 10/04/2011 22:55

Dh didn't know. Am calling a solicitor first thing.

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tuboflardylard · 10/04/2011 22:54

Isn't it an Americanism though? I'm not sure I've ever heard a Brit use the word.

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nijinsky · 10/04/2011 22:44

I agree. YANBU. I was going to post that it might be rare to find one. However DP has just astonished me by answering correctly, although he is an engineering graduate. So definately not U.

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InPraiseOfBacchus · 10/04/2011 22:38

It's ok. If you're a grammar snob (like me) then that's part of who you are, and it's not out of the question to seek out like-minded people.

I knew it was time to dump my ex (after other reasons too) when a friend of mine used the word 'papist', and he didn't know what it meant, despite being a Catholic.

(I ended up married to the chap who used the word 'papist', incidentally.)

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TeddyMcardle · 10/04/2011 22:36

I am a geek, I have failed as a pedant though. The shame.

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scottishmummy · 10/04/2011 22:32

yes if he wants to date a pedant and geek

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TeddyMcardle · 10/04/2011 22:32

Grin BTB
He should though.
Even if it is parentheses.

Ahem.

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Jennytailia · 10/04/2011 22:32

Haha beertricks, how very true.

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atswimtwolengths · 10/04/2011 22:31

It's parentheses, isn't it, if it's plural?

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Flisspaps · 10/04/2011 22:30

Do you mean brackets?

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DontGoCurly · 10/04/2011 22:29

isn't it "parenthesis" Grin

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 10/04/2011 22:28

YANBU, not at all.

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