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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:10 AM Original message |
Since when is "blonde" incorrect? |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Dan Quayle? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm sorry, I don't get the reference. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. see below. n/t |
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MerryBlooms (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. lol, he says potatoe and I say potato, let's call the whole thing Quayle. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Well, "potatoe" IS just plain wrong. |
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MerryBlooms (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Blond(e) feminine. Blond, masculine. n/t |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. So, it shouldn't be incorrect. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Blonde/feminine - Blond/masculine |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I understand about the gender of the words. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I don't think it's laziness. Dropping the "e" is the same thing... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. The above poster is correct. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thank you for saving the letter 'e' for us. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I am a blonde also (female) and that is my letter "e." n/t |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. True, but getting more and more antiquated by the day. |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. I alway use the 'e', and dammit, I always will. (for women) |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I've never even seen "brunet" |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. Mrs. Bake is blonde, so I'm staying outta this. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Just spell it 'Blondie'...at least everyone will know.. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. You mean it's not "blondie schmondie"? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. Blond has always been the preferred form for the adjective. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Hope you're right. That's how I write it. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Not according to my dictionary |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Actually, that's consistent. I wrote that "blond" is the preferred form |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. I've noticed the dictionaries are on the 'dumb down' trend. If the Brit can handle our spelling and |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
19. Mary is a blonde because she has blond hair. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Visually, "blond" still looks "wrong". |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. it isn't incorrect if you're referring to a female |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. However, |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. Bill Gates decided, that's who. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That's actually believable! |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I don't know. |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. That the blonde, and her brother, the blond, have blond hair, goes without saying. n/t |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I know that now. |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. Bonde... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Jane Bonde. n/t |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You noticed that, too? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. Natural blonds will be extinct in 200 years they say. Perhaps they are |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. So, the next letter to go will be the 'd' |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. LOL! |
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