woolybanana Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Womxn? Or women. Surely all this gender fluid business is just a load of trendy ollox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I have no idea what you are on about.Please explain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Wools, it's the new spelling innit? It's the brave new world. Plus, you'd appreciate this, having taught English....fish is spelt ghoti. The reason is that gh is the f sound from enouGH, o is the i sound from wOmen and ti is the sh sound from naTIon.I spent a glorious summer once with a group of English teachers in a summer camp in a private university. It was money for a nice holiday and we spent the evenings thinking up stuff to confuse the students but make learning fun for them at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 As you will note from my avatar, I am already gender-fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I am too old to give a castlemain XXXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 No idea why you just mentioned women Wooly. I know two blokes who have converted.....but who knows if they have gone through a complete conversion? None of asks, we just wonder..I don't care who people fancy. Sick of the fuss about it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 [quote user="idun"]No idea why you just mentioned women Wooly. I know two blokes who have converted.....but who knows if they have gone through a complete conversion? None of asks, we just wonder..I don't care who people fancy. Sick of the fuss about it all.[/quote]Sick of the fuss about it all.......never a truer word, id! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Often seems to me that in order not to " offend " a minority - the PC brigade are quite happy to " offend " the majority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Bandwagons all have the same initials:Gender FluidGluten Free...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 [quote user="You can call me Betty or Queenie if you prefer"]Bandwagons all have the same initials:Gender FluidGluten Free......[/quote]My wife's sister, 58, had Celiac disease and was on a gluten free diet. She died 5 weeks ago.It was by no means prescribed as a cure for her condition but contributed towards eleviating some of her suffering.I suspect my wife and her late sister's family might disagree with your glib bandwagon theory. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 [quote user="Mac"]Often seems to me that in order not to " offend " a minority - the PC brigade are quite happy to " offend " the majority.[/quote]Oh, so true, these days. Funny world indeed.As for spelling phonetically - get lost, proper spelling is not THAT difficult to learn, I managed it before I went to school at the grand old age of 4, or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindal1000 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I've got far more important things to be offended about than spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Cajal, I have a close friend with celiac disease. I'm not in any way shape or form making light of it. Celiac disease is thankfully relatively rare, but that doesn't make it any less serious. I AM totally sick and tired of everyone and his dog jumping on the gluten -free bandwagon. In fact, if you would like to direct your righteous indignation at anyone I'd direct it at all those who have absolutely no medical need to remove gluten from their diets, but do so because it's fashionable. Which is what I was doing. Not glib at all...as I'm sure you probably realised.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/gluten-free-diet-harmful-people-without-coeliac-disease-health-benefits-a7713711.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Woooo slow down tiger (Betty)I suffer terribly from an 'unknown' allergy.I will wake up at 4am tomorrow (as always) with flue. I will take my pills and I am better again.Anyway, if I eat a lot gluten (which I do) or drink red wine (which I don't) I will suffer more.Tonight we had a Balti and a lot of baguette. I will suffer tonight/tomorrow. I am believe it or not starting to cough up plemh as I write this.I am not so sure it is 'gluten' that is causing everyone problems but the shît they put on the crops.Anyway, Gluten for is not good. But I eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I despair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Too much gluten !!!Les gluten less despair.It is a well known fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 A what IS hilarious is that the forum's own Bruno Tognioli gave me a rubbish score for mentioning quackery the other week as if I approved of it, and now I'm getting stick for mentioning quackery as if I disapprove of it.You can't please any of the people any of the time.Luckily, I don't really care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I would give you ladies a clap for your wit but I might offend a blind person.Some friends and I used to waste lots of time sending SMS messages to out landline because when you answered the phone they were read out by a robotic voice. The game was to produce the best phonetic performance from the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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