Conversation KillersThatNiceMan asks: Have you ever been talking with people down the pub when somebody throws such a complete curveball (Sample WTF moment: "I wonder what it's like to get bummed") that all talk is stopped dead? Tell us!
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 12 May 2011, 12:53)
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I avoided using the word in england againbut I still took a bit of convincing that there was something wrong with it. I wasn't aware of the history and bad blood behind it in England. It's almost on a social no-no scale with 'nigger'
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 18 May 2011, 4:07,
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Pretty much.I have a nasty habit of getting offended on behalf of other people, too. Call me a bleeding-heart liberal - I just go all knee-jerk 'don't use that language in front of me!'. Funny what language can do to people.
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Bats, Wed 18 May 2011, 5:30,
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