Pedants and Nitpickers

Yup. :D

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Originally Posted by Big Shed

As will others of the same ilk.

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Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Some things just don't change, no matter how long one stays away... :D

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Ve vill heff no "ilk"s here! :ninja: (is that mixing my metaphors? :think: )

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Originally Posted by tea lady

Ve vill heff no "ilk"s here! :ninja: (is that mixing my metaphors? :think: )

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Why? Do they smell?

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Originally Posted by pugwash

No it's not! Peter or David are proper names. "Weisy" sounds decidedly improper to me.

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Carl Weiss is his name, Weisy is a shortening, or "nickname." You wouldn't spell without a capital would you?

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Originally Posted by funkychicken

You wouldn't spell without a capital would you?

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- nup, it doesn't work for me. :no:

Geez Grog, you don't have to be so pedantic:~

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Originally Posted by funkychicken

Geez Grog, you don't have to be so pedantic:~

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Geez , is that a shortened version of geezer , implying that Grog ( which I take is a shortened version of Groggy ) is a geezer . :o

different G sound there, I thought geez was short for Jesus Christ almighty.