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A bear walks into a bar. The bear says, "I'll have...a beer."The bartender says, "Why the big pause?"ChefBeckyD said:my misuse of ellipsis drives my DH crazy.......as do my long pauses in conversation!
The_Kitchen_Guy said:A bear walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll have...a beer."
The bartender says, "Why the big pause?"
The_Kitchen_Guy said:It's a roll your own joke.
Alright alright alright, I fixed it.
Did you hear about the dyslexic guy who walked into a bra?
The_Kitchen_Guy said:Are you trying to suggest that someone might hijack a thread around here?
ChefBeckyD said:That one bugs me too - but what really drives me nuts is the misuse of words that are similar in spelling, and have the same/similar pronunciation. For instance - to, two, and too......there, their, and they're.........accept, and except........
Unless they're someone like me. Like when I write about seafood, I misuse homonyms on porpoise.ChefBeckyD said:That one bugs me too - but what really drives me nuts is the misuse of words that are similar in spelling, and have the same/similar pronunciation. For instance - to, two, and too......there, their, and they're.........accept, and except........
The_Kitchen_Guy said:ETA - I also hate when people misuse an ellipsis. It is three dots...not two...not four...not seventy five...THREE.
The suggestion for Santas to say "Ha! Ha! Ha!" in Sydney has been in place since 2017.
The phrase "Ho! Ho! Ho!" is considered offensive because it is seen as a derogatory term for women, similar to the word "whore".
No, it is not mandatory for Santas in Sydney to say "Ha! Ha! Ha!", but it is strongly encouraged to avoid any potential offense.
Yes, some other alternatives that have been suggested for Santas to use in Sydney include "Ha! Ha! Ha!", "He! He! He!", or "Ho! Ho! He!".
The suggestion for Santas to say "Ha! Ha! Ha!" instead of "Ho! Ho! Ho!" is mainly in place for Santas in Sydney, but it has also been adopted in other parts of Australia as well.