# Instead of ''Said''

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 10, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104 "2009-11-10T22:09:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/101 "2009-11-12T01:56:04Z")

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“Hobbitth are okay,” **listhped** maserschmidt.

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/102 "2009-11-12T03:04:52Z")

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“Preciousss…where is my preciouss…?” **moaned** CrazyChop

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/103 "2009-11-12T03:05:56Z")

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“I really can’t continue the fantasy theme” mused NFM.

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/104 "2009-11-12T04:01:49Z")

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Er, we have been missing some errors here, **nitpicked** Civil Guy.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/105 "2009-11-12T11:11:45Z")

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“You’re certainly welcome to fix them,” **offered** maserschmidt as he bolded his verg.

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/106 "2009-11-12T12:18:05Z")

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“I can’t do that, I’m not a Mod” **pointed** Nars Glinley.

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/107 "2009-11-12T12:46:35Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> “I think we should play a third round,” **advocated** twickster.

“Isn’t this four?” quavered **fachverwirrt** quaquaversally.

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/108 "2009-11-12T13:18:09Z")

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CrazyChop **retorted** , “Fourth, you mean?”

(Note: use the print thread view and it is easier to see if you are repeating a word)

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/109 "2009-11-12T13:48:58Z")

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“Using print thread view is indeed easier.” **surmised** Nars Glinley.

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/110 "2009-11-12T14:07:17Z")

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“I enjoy the music of Arvo Pärt,” fachverwirrt **tintinnabulated** obscurely.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/111 "2009-11-12T14:24:28Z")

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“Don’t listen to him” I **uttered**.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/112 "2009-11-12T14:39:40Z")

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“Oh crap! I seemed to have used an already used word” **Annie-Xmas umbulated**  
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/113 "2009-11-12T14:56:35Z")

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“Three rounds, four, whatever,” **vouchsafed** twickster.

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/114 "2009-11-12T15:13:09Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> “Three rounds, four, whatever,” **vouchsafed** twickster.

“Whatever? What wasteful witchery!,” we wailed woefully.

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/115 "2009-11-12T15:23:40Z")

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/116 "2009-11-12T15:27:16Z")

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“Y-ee-ah-hee-hoo!” fachverwirrt **yodeled**.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/117 "2009-11-12T15:36:50Z")

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“Ah kyh cough arrg” NFM **aspirated** while in the Swiss mountains.

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/118 "2009-11-12T19:34:04Z")

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“This thread seems to have run out of steam.” **bumped** Nars Glinley.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/119 "2009-11-12T19:41:41Z")

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“Not yet, it hasn’t!” **crowed**  **kaylasdad99**.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/120 "2009-11-12T19:43:47Z")

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"Take a memo! ‘This thread is alive and well…’ " **dictated** twickster.

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