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they are LEGGINGS not leggins

23 replies

RolandButter · 14/01/2010 13:34

fgs

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RolandButter · 14/01/2010 13:35

all we need are burgandy leggins on ebay and im done

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MaryAnnSingleton · 14/01/2010 13:36

eek...I get twitchy also when people don't pronounce the gs on the end of words-

Iklboo · 14/01/2010 13:36

Pop over to Pedants' Corner - we love a badly spelled word over there

Iklboo · 14/01/2010 13:38

I'm not bothered about not pronouncing it - it can sound a little odd in a speech pattern (especially with my regional accent) but not actually putting it on a spelling is a no-no

RolandButter · 14/01/2010 13:39

phew

any min someone wil come on and say " but why do you care"

thsi 1 always redundant in an AIBU thread

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slightlystressed · 14/01/2010 13:43

What about Jeggins, Jeggings........however you spell it they are flipping awfull!

donkeyderby · 14/01/2010 13:44

Snob alert. It's a regional accent.

Sassybeast · 14/01/2010 13:45

What does 'thsi 1' mean please ?

RolandButter · 14/01/2010 13:46

sorry
this Q

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DelGirl · 14/01/2010 13:48

don't you think this is a rich thread coming from you Roland

RolandButter · 14/01/2010 13:50

watch it delloid

what region says leggins?

ones that permanently drop gs? "HUntindonshire"?

"Loucestershire"?

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DelGirl · 14/01/2010 13:52

lol at loucestershire

DelGirl · 14/01/2010 13:53

I have to confess, somone I know put burgendy on fb recently and it made me squirm lol

Tortington · 14/01/2010 13:54

colloquial accents don't count. this is seer snobbery of the highest order innit blud

Tortington · 14/01/2010 13:54

sh

CommonNortherner · 14/01/2010 14:00

Surely it's a silent g

noddyholder · 14/01/2010 14:02

As long as you keep them in draws

Tortington · 14/01/2010 14:06

ours go straight from dried to basket at bottom of the bedroom cupboard. all socks, kecks, gruds, tights, bras - all intogether for the whole family.

funkybuddah · 14/01/2010 14:06

earlier I twice misspelled it as leggins but yay if its the only thing you are pissed off about you are having a great day! :D

RolandButter · 14/01/2010 14:07

draws

eek
no you can SAY leggins its not written that way

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noddyholder · 14/01/2010 14:13

chester draws! Have seen this a few times in local free ads

slightlystressed · 14/01/2010 14:18

Thats a good ideal
was in an email to me once, true bristolian!

AlpenCrazy · 14/01/2010 14:30

depends if u r txtin so uncool to use da g

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