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Marketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.

Thanks to simbosan for the idea

(, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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Oooh I've got one
Captainbildo reminded me; people who say "Ye" as in "Ye Olde Shoppe". The "Y" is an old English version of "Th" so it should be pronounced "The".
(, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 20:30, 3 replies)
It's the letter þ or ð
It's called `thorn' and is pronounced `th' as you say. People changed it to a `y' because of it's similarity to รพ.
(, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 20:54, closed)
I have learnt something new.
Crikey. Thanks!
(, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 10:38, closed)
"The" substitution
There was a restaurant in Ware that renamed itself to "Le Spice Merchant"...
(, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 11:40, closed)

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