# Pitting question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 25, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407 "2019-12-25T17:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/1 "2019-12-25T17:53:50Z")
If you’re getting pitted, is it kosher for you to come in and defend yourself? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/2 "2019-12-25T18:01:00Z")
Of course. That’s the entire point. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/3 "2019-12-25T18:09:29Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > If you’re getting pitted, is it kosher for you to come in and defend yourself? Yeah, why ever not? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/4 "2019-12-25T18:28:19Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > If you’re getting pitted, is it kosher for you to come in and defend yourself? Sure, but sometimes not going in can be very effective too. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/5 "2019-12-26T18:39:36Z")
Ask your rabbi; personally I’m Lutheran - almost everything is in play for us. 😉 Most folks, if they know they have been Pitted, tend to offer at least a token rebuttal and some posters IMHO almost HOPE for a Pitting just to be able to drop the gloves and have a (usually) fun series of exchanges. It all comes down to personal choice. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/6 "2019-12-26T18:42:00Z")
Let’s Pit the OP and see what happens! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/7 "2019-12-26T20:07:04Z")
I remember seeing (sorry, no cite) pit posts whining about pittees traipsing into their own pit threads, and I’d wonder how in the good name of Buffy St. Marie could there be any legitimacy behind such whining. (And please, please - nobody spell that as “whinging”, ok?):(🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/8 "2019-12-26T20:15:22Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > If you’re getting pitted, is it kosher for you to come in and defend yourself? Sure, but it’s not recommended. It’s giving a fire the oxygen it wants. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/9 "2019-12-26T20:36:29Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Let’s Pit the OP and see what happens! 😃 Only if the OP promises to rebut our pitting via interpretive dance (youtube link, perhaps.) Otherwise I’m not going through the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/10 "2019-12-26T21:28:36Z")
::was considering retorting with _Y.F._'s “Puttin On the Ritz” number but then I was like naaaa:: ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/11 "2019-12-26T21:28:48Z")
There would be an awful lot of popcorn going to waste if you didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/12 "2019-12-26T21:39:50Z")
…as the raging force inside me builds and builds until I burst into my terrifying alter ego… …The Incredible Mel Slurp. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/13 "2019-12-26T21:47:37Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > (And please, please - nobody spell that as “whinging”, ok?):(🙂 I’m sorry, but we do not practice excessive nationalism on this board, (mostly). Whinging is the standard spelling and pronunciation of our British members. You are free to Pit them for their pronunciation, but I do not recommend it–something about their freedom and ability to defend themselves in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/14 "2019-12-26T22:14:35Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I’m sorry, but we do not practice excessive nationalism on this board, (mostly). Whinging is the standard spelling and pronunciation of our British members. You are free to Pit them for their pronunciation Depends on whether they’re whinging (grousing, complaining) or whining (making a noise like a baby). ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/15 "2019-12-26T22:33:59Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Whinging is the standard spelling and pronunciation of our British members. Ah, I see, thanks. Ignorance cross-checked. GC: so one can still technically whinE in Britain? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/16 "2019-12-26T22:44:04Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Whinging is the standard spelling and pronunciation of our British members. Not quite. British people whine too. As GreysonCarlisle says, whinge is not an alternative spelling/pronunciation for whine, it’s an additional word in British English, somewhat confusingly for a closely related concept. ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/17 "2019-12-26T23:28:41Z")
A ‘hilarious’ joke in the UK is a couple are having a meal and the waiter approaches and asks ‘Would you like a little wine with your food?’ Given the affirmative the waiter then lets out a plaintive wail. Laugh? Thought I’d never start… TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/18 "2019-12-26T23:59:52Z")
There’s very little that _isn’t_ kosher in the Pit. Defending yourself in a Pit thread is allowed. So is complaining about people defending themselves. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/19 "2019-12-27T02:30:59Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I’m sorry, but we do not practice excessive nationalism on this board, (mostly). Whinging is the standard spelling and pronunciation of our British members. What about posters who use that spelling that ARE NOT British, and use it anyway? It seems like an affectation, at best. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407/20 "2019-12-27T02:36:09Z")
English (American, in this case) is full of borrowed words and spellings. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-question/845407.md?page=2)