Medical Marijuana User Outed...then outs herself

This make me chuckle.

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/11/20131125-210620.html

Yep - having your photo attached to the article will totally preserve your anonymity. :rolleyes:
Also: is it “marihuana” or “marijuana”? Seeing both spellings used interchangably annoys me.

Not chuckling here. They outed 40,000 people with that boneheaded mistake.

Oh I know that…I was chuckling at the lady who was concerned that someone at the post office saw the envelope and is now worried about being targeted by thieves or gossiped about allowing her photo to be used with the article.

Well if the cat’s out of the bag already…

But she said she didn’t want her last name used in the article, so that works!

Both spellings are correct, as far as I know. And if you are dealing with a Spanish speaker you will also hear “marigüana” (/mah-rih-GWAH-nah/) and very possibly “maría”.

I have heard (in Spanish) the herb in question being called “marihuana” (/mah-rih-WAH-nah/) and “marijuana” (/mah-rih-KHUAH-nah/), interchangeably.

As JoseB says, I think both are technically correct–but “marihuana” always has a slightly musty, [del]skunky,[/del] archaic aroma to me. I would expect the producers of Reefer Madness to declaim against the dangers of demon marihuana.

Yeah - for all the people who see you around but don’t know your name. :stuck_out_tongue:

Marihuana is how Health Canada spells it on all correspondence. I have never seen that spelling before, although I know it’s been around a long time.