# There's no A in definitely, there's no D in privilege...

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**Created:** [May 31, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-a-in-definitely-theres-no-d-in-privilege/358858 "2006-05-31T11:44:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-a-in-definitely-theres-no-d-in-privilege/358858/141 "2006-06-04T13:42:06Z")

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That reminds me of another one I hate!

**Dying** is when you stop living. **Dyeing** is when you change the colour of something by adding pigment. You aren’t dying your hair.

Also, discreet vs. discrete. For example, ob tampons are discreet because they are small and easily concealed. My friend took a discrete math course in university. It wasn’t a discreet math course, he didn’t have to hide the fact that it existed from anyone.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-a-in-definitely-theres-no-d-in-privilege/358858/142 "2006-06-04T14:27:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]  
Your all so pedantic - they’re mistakes of grammer are no worse than you’re own.

This post is copywrite (C) Mangetout 2006.  
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It was very tempting to report this post to the mods for “posting copywrited material.”

But I chickened out… :o

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