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Strait versus straight.
May 26, 2026, 03:18 PM
sigfreundStrait versus straight.
Strait: passage, channel, canal.
Straight: not curved, as in a straight trigger, and too many other definitions to list, but not the “Straight” of Hormuz.
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GeorgeairTract vs. track.
Biggest offenders seem to be the doctors I work for!
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May 26, 2026, 03:53 PM
PatriotForfuckssake, get the strait straight!
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May 26, 2026, 04:26 PM
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May 26, 2026, 04:27 PM
.38supersigStraight?
Maybe it could have been the
Bend of Hormuz?
May 26, 2026, 04:36 PM
BigSwedeI'm 35% retard and I knew that one
May 26, 2026, 05:59 PM
Opus DeiAll of my co-workers are under 30, and they all say "supposably" and "for all intensive purposes". There's a few more like that, but those are the first that come to mind.
May 26, 2026, 06:19 PM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by Opus Dei:
"for all intensive purposes"
Flipper says, "It's supposably 'for all intensive porpoises.'"
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים May 26, 2026, 06:33 PM
Ripleyquote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
..'for all intensive porpoises.'"
I've said that for many many decades. I think it was in some long gone comic strip way back in the day.
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. May 26, 2026, 06:48 PM
apprenticeeXpecially.

May 26, 2026, 07:05 PM
PHPaul"Welp"
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
May 27, 2026, 06:11 AM
SPWAMike0317Give me a break, I don't have to brake on a straight road to the Strait of Hormuz.
Let me help you out. Which way did you come in? May 27, 2026, 07:08 AM
trapper189What would Jimmy Buffet do? Change coarse depending on the wether?
May 27, 2026, 08:12 AM
Calif PhilEnjoy the day, don't take it for granite.
May 27, 2026, 08:14 AM
egregoreTenet vs. tenant
Ordnance vs. ordinance.
Brake vs. break.
May 27, 2026, 08:43 AM
RogueJSKYour going too have two due better then that if their going to improve there spelling and grammar...
May 27, 2026, 09:38 AM
sigfreundThe shearing may be delayed depending on whether the weather affects the wether.
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clubleaf206A minor (miner?) peeve of mine is ‘ect’ instead of ‘etc’. After all the word being abbreviated is
et cetera .
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May 27, 2026, 12:41 PM
HRKA Strait can be straight?
can anyone straighten me out?
Would like to know the scoop, straight from the horses mouth...
May 27, 2026, 02:36 PM
trapper189Sure, the Straits of Mackinac got straight under the Mackinac Bridge right by Mackinaw City. Technically, since there is no elevation change between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, they are one lake superior to Lake Superior.