Bother You 2018-01-16

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TazManiac
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Re: Bother You 2018-01-16

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Pixelated vs. pixilated
http://grammarist.com/spelling/pixelated-pixilated/
Though pixelated is the standard spelling of the word meaning rendered with visible pixels, there’s a good reason that spell check does not catch pixilated. Pixilated is an old, seldom-used Americanism dating from the middle of the 19th century and peaking (in this use) in the middle 20th century. It meant (1) crazed, bewildered, or whimsical, or (2) intoxicated.1 ...
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Re: Bother You 2018-01-16

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TazManiac wrote:Pixilated, you say?
"- Sometimes he whistles.
- And sings!"

Dear God! Somebody call the police! The Army! The Navy! There's no saying what this guy is capable of doing!

Maybe we need to call those nice young men in their clean white coats, to come and take him away...
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