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[challenge entry] Don't Cross The Road!

From the The Nanny State challenge. See all 368 entries (closed)

(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:10, archived)
# evah!
arf!
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:11, archived)
# or in America
DONT WALK

They banned apostrophes there...
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:11, archived)
# *remake FOR americans*
WALK...GO...LOOK, THERES A LORRY, PLAY CHICKEN WITH IT!
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:12, archived)
#
lorry truck/semi/big rig
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:14, archived)
# Your tooth hurts
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:15, archived)
# so does mine
i was sailing in 40 mph winds in a single hander and the boom-thingy flew across and hit me in the mouth

:(
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:22, archived)
#
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(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:23, archived)
# its my front teeth
so no!!!

(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:25, archived)
#
They banned silent letters, too.
coloUr
humoUr
catalogUE
dialogUE
epilogUE
thrOuGH

And what's with the use of Z instead of S in words ending with "ise" - trying to cheat at Scrabble, are we?

As for trusting them with "nucelar" weapons, well...
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:17, archived)
# too much to remember
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:19, archived)
# The Z is correct English.
Check the OED. They seem to know.
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:23, archived)
# yep
i don't use -ize myself but i have no objection to it.
the arrogance of my fellow speakers of british english never fails to amuse me.
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:36, archived)
# size?
sise?
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:26, archived)
# colonize
(, Thu 10 Aug 2006, 10:28, archived)