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Plastic surgery (often of the Americanizing sort) is not too uncommon in South Korea. (Possibly not in North Korea either, depending on how people are executed.)

Yeah, I was going to say the plastic surgery thing too.

I can definitely see how it could make it harder to differentiate faces, especially to some people who may find it hard to differentiate Asian faces in the first place.

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03-05-2018 , 07:03 PM

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Rexx14

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I've decided I'm not fussed either way in regards to the male armpit hair. I think I found it more confusing than anything tbh. Not wanting to be stinky is as good a reason as any.

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03-05-2018 , 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Rei Ayanami

When I fantasize about being a girl it's often with blue hair.

say what now

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03-05-2018 , 07:14 PM

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ChipWrecked

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Rexx,

Please don't rag me about it

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03-05-2018 , 09:53 PM

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btc

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Having to waive to the same neighbors more than once a day. I know their waive is coming everytime and I just want to pretend I dont see them sometimes.

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03-06-2018 , 06:45 AM

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waive

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03-06-2018 , 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by btc

Having to waive to the same neighbors more than once a day. I know their waive is coming everytime and I just want to pretend I dont see them sometimes.

I suggest drafting an official waiver for the neighborhood, that way you wont have to ever do it again.

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03-06-2018 , 09:16 AM

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You've probably all seen this before, but:

oh man that was awesome.

No idea why "bruschetta" is a word we decided to say all dumb soundingly.

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03-06-2018 , 10:02 AM

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btc

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typos piss you guys off? waive the wave!

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03-06-2018 , 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

oh man that was awesome.

No idea why "bruschetta" is a word we decided to say all dumb soundingly.

I have a theory that the reason Americans mispronounce bruschetta is that the popularization of bruschetta as a menu item in the late 90s coincided with the rise of the following fozen pizza brand and its corresponding commercials.

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03-06-2018 , 01:06 PM

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Why is there no internal consistency in English between spelling and pronounciation?

Why is promise and compromise pronounced completely differently?

If English speakers pronounced cholestrol and cholera the same way they pronounced chocolate, there might be some room to complain about an authentic pronounciation of bruschetta. English is pretty much an illogical hodgepodge .

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03-06-2018 , 05:47 PM

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GABAGOOL!

FTR I say 'broos-ketta', but do not say maguro after hearing I should just say tuna. **** brooshetta though.

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03-07-2018 , 12:25 AM

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I suggest drafting an official waiver for the neighborhood, that way you wont have to ever do it again.

I nominate Howard

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03-07-2018 , 12:37 AM

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I like neighbours cheerily waving. Hearing that Howard liked to do it made me like him even more.

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03-07-2018 , 05:29 AM

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beef sausage

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03-07-2018 , 08:48 AM

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I have definitely drafted cheery waivers before.

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03-07-2018 , 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by amoeba

100% like Kansas and Arkansas, which I always make sure to say "R-Kansas". Just because.

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03-07-2018 , 10:56 PM

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Speaking of which: the way Arkansas City and Arkansas River are pronounced in Kansas. You guessed it. I just started calling it "Ark City," because I couldn't make myself say "R-Kansas City" unironically.

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03-08-2018 , 03:14 AM

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Kettle corn.

Why would anyone screw up something that's basically perfect - salty, crunchy, buttery, deliciousness - and make it sweet?

Especially infuriating when you decide to flip on Top Gun, and after a bunch of digging around you finally find a bag of microwave popcorn in the very back of the pantry, and then when you take that first would-be glorious bite, you are ***** slapped with a mouthful of kettle corn.

Also, I may have already submitted this entry before.

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03-08-2018 , 03:52 AM

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Kettle corn is nasty.

I got a gift box of mixed microwave popcorn a few years ago and made the same mistake as you. I forgot I had already popped all of the bags except for the kettle corn. I got hungry one night and wasn't paying attention when I grabbed the bag. 5 mins later the whole bag was in the garbage and I was still hungry.

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03-08-2018 , 12:26 PM

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Europeans using commas instead of decimal points and vice versa

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03-08-2018 , 12:55 PM

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Europeans using commas instead of decimal points and vice versa

Yeah that's annoying. Have you ever dealt with someone from India that puts the commas in the wrong place? It's actually SUPER confusing. Like 6,53,71,418?

1,00,00,000 is a crore, 1,00,000 is a lakh. So where we'd say "sixty million" they'd say "six crore", where we'd say "three million" they'd say "thirty lakh".

So that number above, we'd say "sixty-five million, three hundred seventy-one thousand, four hundred and eighteen". They'd say "six crore, fifty-three lakh, seventy-one thousand, four hundred and eighteen".

themoreyouknow.jaypeg

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03-08-2018 , 01:13 PM

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Amoeba, I think a lot of American English and foreign language teachers agree that English is a terrible language, grammar and consistency-wise.

Cs3 & IAE, have you ever tried great kettle corn, fresh from the kettle at a good farmer's market? I think that stuff can be fantastic, but to each thier* own.

Mia, great one, that **** is terrible. (I'm sure they might say the same thing of us.)

JTM, I've never heard of that before, and learned something today. That **** looks terrible though. (I'm sure they might say the same thing of us.)

* I before E except after C!