# What is that... like a kind fart?  ((Dumbest Pit Thread Ever))

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 18, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-like-a-kind-fart-dumbest-pit-thread-ever/119625 "2002-07-18T15:30:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-like-a-kind-fart-dumbest-pit-thread-ever/119625/21 "2002-07-20T18:48:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kambuckta \*  
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> Now I WAS going to pit you Scarlett for the sheer stupidity of correcting those who use ‘ad nauseum’ when it is IN FACT the accurate spelling.  
> Then I decided to check the dictionary, and…\*\*

Dang, that would have been hilarious. 😉 Plus I’ve never been pitted.

Oh well, my work here is done. 😃

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**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:** [July 20, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-like-a-kind-fart-dumbest-pit-thread-ever/119625/22 "2002-07-20T19:15:54Z")

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I once had a co-worker close an e-mail where she had given her opinion of something by writing: “That’s my to sense on the issue.”

It took me ten minutes before I realized what she meant.

Haj

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-like-a-kind-fart-dumbest-pit-thread-ever/119625/23 "2002-07-20T19:24:32Z")

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It’s “escalate”, not “esculate”. This one has been creeping into the language for awhile now, but I realized it’s becoming a problem when I heard a newscaster say it a couple days ago.

“Pacific” and “specific” are TWO DIFFERENT WORDS with TWO DIFFERENT MEANINGS!!! Pacific is an ocean; specific is an adjective designating “that particular thing”.

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