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# Thought it was spelt pollen?
What's the difference?
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Tue 4 Feb 2003, 14:43, archived)
# the arrangement of the letters
(I helped save b3ta! Hugo Rune, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 14:44, archived)
# Pollen, yep,
but it's pollination, pollinating, pollinator. Don't ask why, it's the English language, it's not supposed to make sense...
(tomsk, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 14:44, archived)
# pollenating
is in the dictionary, so that's good enough for me!
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Tue 4 Feb 2003, 14:51, archived)
# oh...
it's not in mine...

Wot dictionary you using? I'm looking at Oxford Dictionaries Online although they are a bit thick sometimes.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 14:53, archived)
# I like it that the level of pedantry on here
has come down to comparing dictionaries.

PS: Sorry about the Vimto/Ribena thing. You're probably right.
(I helped save b3ta! isthisyou?, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:00, archived)
# an online one...
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pollenating
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:03, archived)
# ooh ooh
it's an Americanism! :)

Which of course does not make it any less correct. Sorry - I really wasn't being mean-style pedantic (as mr thisyou up there appears to be suggesting). I was just interested.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:07, archived)
# I wasn't really calling you pedantic as such
and if I was, it was the worst case of pot/kettle in recent history.
(I helped save b3ta! isthisyou?, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:15, archived)
# i don't like you
you smell of wee.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:20, archived)
# all i was saying was
oh, never mind
(I helped save b3ta! isthisyou?, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:32, archived)
# it's probably a yank
one, they spell stuff funny
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:08, archived)
# yes
they spell it stuph
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:13, archived)
# I stand corrected.
...
*sits back down*
(tomsk, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 15:18, archived)
# The English
language is a wonderful thing ;-)

Whisper it quietly, but Tomsk is right
(I helped save b3ta! bob dinosaur, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 14:45, archived)
# and you know what?
He does that to me allllllllllll the tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime. Constantly. S'troo.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 14:47, archived)
# Ahem.
None of that then, move along, move along then. Quietly now.
(testingtestingtesting, Tue 4 Feb 2003, 14:49, archived)