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Author:  Chippy [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:27 pm ]
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Hmm... apparently in the UK it IS a toy boy. And some time in the 80s it came over to the US and we started calling it a boy toy.

Very odd.
Author:  Algren [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:54 pm ]
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Thegun wrote:
Yeah but we're American so we got it wrong.

Yep.
Author:  Thegun [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:56 pm ]
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How do you get mad at a term that has been commonly accepted as the norm for nearly 40 years though. That's a weak pet peeve. That's like despising margarine on toast because butter came first.
Author:  Algren [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:02 pm ]
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It has only been "the norm" for dumb-ass Americans. The whole world is laughing at you, and you're all too blind to see it.
Author:  Chippy [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:39 pm ]
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Yep, that's it. The world is laughing at us for calling younger men "boy toys" instead of "toy boys".
Author:  Thegun [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:47 pm ]
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I like that where he lives people say it enough that he has to correct them on a regular basis.

I would change my life if that was a pet peeve of yours. Just saying.
Author:  Jiffy [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:04 pm ]
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Toy boy just makes me think of sth out of Dead Silence.
Author:  Algren [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:41 pm ]
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Chippy wrote:
Yep, that's it. The world is laughing at us for calling younger men "boy toys" instead of "toy boys".


They're laughing at you for many things. I mean, look at who your president is. lol
Author:  Algren [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:42 pm ]
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Thegun wrote:
I like that where he lives people say it enough that he has to correct them on a regular basis.


I don't correct anybody. I let them remain being a laughing stock.
Author:  Caius [ Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:56 am ]
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Thegun wrote:
How do you get mad at a term that has been commonly accepted as the norm for nearly 40 years though. That's a weak pet peeve. That's like despising margarine on toast because butter came first.

That is a legit reason for disliking margarine.
Author:  Algren [ Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:16 pm ]
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I use margarine.
Author:  MadGez [ Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:22 am ]
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Algren wrote:
Chippy wrote:
Yep, that's it. The world is laughing at us for calling younger men "boy toys" instead of "toy boys".


They're laughing at you for many things. I mean, look at who your president is. lol


Ive heard both terms used here though "toy boy" is more common.
Author:  Chippy [ Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:40 am ]
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I use both butter and margarine, but I prefer butter because of the taste and it melts better.
Author:  stuffp [ Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:09 pm ]
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I don't think I would be able to tell the difference.
Author:  Algren [ Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:51 pm ]
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Morons (Americans) that cannot say "niche" correctly.
Author:  David [ Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:06 am ]
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You say neesh?
Author:  Algren [ Thu Jul 13, 2017 4:21 am ]
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I do.
Author:  Jiffy [ Thu Jul 13, 2017 5:45 am ]
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Who doesn't.
Author:  Thegun [ Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:16 pm ]
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Britts that cannot pronounce fish. I mean what the hell is that? You have one food combo you're known for and you say it like "fitch"
Author:  Algren [ Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:32 pm ]
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Jiffy wrote:
Who doesn't.


Every American that I have heard say it says "nitch". :grrr: :grrr:
Author:  Thegun [ Thu Jul 13, 2017 6:41 pm ]
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Both are perfectly acceptable. It's more the people that say it like "nitch eeeeeeeeeee" that are idiots. I'm surprised there aren't more Chinese things that bother you. It doesn't bother you when people ask you about your love of Starrone?
Author:  Algren [ Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:31 pm ]
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More Chinese things bother me than US things, but then what would be the value of writing them on here?
Author:  Algren [ Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:49 am ]
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People that say "y'all" instead of "you all".
Author:  Algren [ Sun Jul 16, 2017 2:36 am ]
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When people say "could care less" when they really mean "couldn't care less". I have never seen anybody but Americans make this mistake. Larry David does this all the time on Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is just giving morons more ammunition to think they are correct. It is one of the very rare (might be the ONLY) things that I dislike about the show.
Author:  Shack [ Sun Jul 16, 2017 2:52 am ]
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The "I could care less" thing makes more sense if you see it as a fragment of a longer sentence that makes sense, like "There's nothing I could care less about"
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