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Is it the 'ette' ending that you have a problem with?
Only you have previously complained about 'serviette'
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:14,
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What a twette
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:15,
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GAAAARGH
That is the most horrible, horrible word. The sort of word you hear when you're in someone's 'lounge', sat on a 'couch'.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:16,
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My old dear always used to say 'kitchenette'
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Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:17,
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NO NO NO NO NO
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:25,
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see below
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:17,
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We have found Monty's Kryptonite
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:17,
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That and bathing
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Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:19,
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And fiscal responsibility.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:21,
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And sobriety
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Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:22,
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granted, but what word would you use instead of "serviette"?
Isn't it a specific term for a small napkin made of paper?
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:44,
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I assume the Boyce family have monogrammed napkins, negating the need for serviettes.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:47,
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Presumably even if he can avoid encountering them
he must accept the need for a word for them. If only to warn his children about them?
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:57,
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'Paper napkin' of course.
FFS it's not hard.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 14:58,
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I was brought up to believe that a napkin is specifically larger than a serviette
ignoring the issue of material of construction. You uncouth oik.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 15:02,
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