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Jason..
04-20-2009, 09:50 AM
Cala-static-convertible...

Are you serious?Its a Catalytic Converter.I corrected him and he responded"thats what I said".This happens about 50 times a day.I hear cadillac converter,cataladditic dang lol.
Killer
04-20-2009, 09:51 AM
Cala-static-convertible...

Are you serious?Its a Catalytic Converter.I corrected him and he responded"thats what I said".This happens about 50 times a day.I hear cadillacconverter,cataladditic dang lol.


no dude.. he wanted a caddilac conversion dummy...........
thepolecat
04-20-2009, 09:51 AM
i always got cadillac converter.
Jason..
04-20-2009, 09:52 AM
no dude.. he wanted a caddilac conversion dummy...........Thats what I was thinking lol
Ed
04-20-2009, 09:53 AM
who uses caddilatic converturhz these days anyways
Jason..
04-20-2009, 09:55 AM
who uses caddilatic converturhz these days anywaysTest pipes FTW
You_Wish
04-20-2009, 09:55 AM
lol wow i swear some ppl... you gotta love em tho...
Jason..
04-20-2009, 09:55 AM
lol wow i swear some ppl... you gotta love em tho...It made my morning.
ksniperfox
04-20-2009, 09:56 AM
buy mine for 200 bux. only 30k miles on it ;)
You_Wish
04-20-2009, 10:00 AM
It made my morning.


lol thats what im saying man... it just make's your morning afternoon night everything lol got to love dem retards...:crazy:
Jason..
04-20-2009, 10:07 AM
LOL
Atlblkz06
04-20-2009, 10:08 AM
At least this is somewhat technical so I can see why people will screw it up.

Others:
axed | asked
except | accept
should of | should have
loose | lose
Land mower | lawn mower (yes really)
Jason..
04-20-2009, 10:10 AM
At least this is somewhat technical so I can see why people will screw it up.

Others:
axed | asked
except | accept
should of | should have
loose | lose
Land mower | lawn mower (yes really)

Catalytic Converter
Cala-static-convertible

uh no lol
RandomGuy
04-20-2009, 10:26 AM
except | acceptthose are pronounced the same you shouldn't be able to distinguish
Atlblkz06
04-20-2009, 10:30 AM
those are pronounced the same you shouldn't be able to distinguish

Are you serious? Hell no!

Accpet = Ukcept
except = Ekcept (as in mECca)
HeLLo iM iZzY
04-20-2009, 10:30 AM
those are pronounced the same you shouldn't be able to distinguishNope.

ac-cept
ex-cept.

One starts with an A and the other with an E.
Atlblkz06
04-20-2009, 10:42 AM
Catalytic Converter
Cala-static-convertible

uh no lol

Must have mixed in Cadillac convertibles with electrostatic precipitators and catalytic convertors to come up with that one. :lmfao:
RandomGuy
04-20-2009, 02:09 PM
Are you serious? Hell no!

Accpet = Ukcept
except = Ekcept (as in mECca)

you'd think so but they're phonetically the same

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accept
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/except

Main Entry: ac·cept http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif (http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?accept01.wav=accept%27)
Pronunciation: ik-ˈsept, ak- also ek-\
Function:verb



Main Entry: ex·cept http://dev.m-w.com/images/audio.gif (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:popWin%28%27/cgi-bin/audio.pl?except01.wav=except%27%29)
Pronunciation: ik-'sept
Function: preposition
Atlblkz06
04-20-2009, 09:46 PM
I see. I guess the "experts" cant seem to agree on this lol

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/except.html
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/accept.html

Oh well.