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Old 1 March 2015, 09:16 AM   #1
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When you see "BLNR"...

...how do you say it in your head. I catch myself subconsciously calling it the "Blainer."
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Old 1 March 2015, 09:17 AM   #2
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Ok, the mind is a curious thing

Guess that dress on Twitter drove ya crazy!
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Old 1 March 2015, 09:18 AM   #3
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Old 1 March 2015, 09:23 AM   #4
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Ok, the mind is a curious thing

Guess that dress on Twitter drove ya crazy!
It is indeed.

Oh, this dress? I see orange

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Old 1 March 2015, 09:24 AM   #5
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It is indeed.

Oh, this dress? I see orange

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Old 1 March 2015, 09:26 AM   #6
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I say Bee-El-En-Ar.

I know what you mean about assigning words to acronyms.

I do it all the time and most pronunciations have nothing to do with the actual term.
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Old 1 March 2015, 10:34 AM   #7
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I say Bee-El-En-Ar.

I know what you mean about assigning words to acronyms.

I do it all the time and most pronunciations have nothing to do with the actual term.
Same here. And with the BLRO I think Bullfrog and sometimes Balrog. Go figure.
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Old 1 March 2015, 10:43 AM   #8
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Old 1 March 2015, 11:35 AM   #9
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I just spell it out
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Old 1 March 2015, 11:38 AM   #10
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I just think "the new steel pepsi equivalent"... But that's just me
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Old 1 March 2015, 11:48 AM   #11
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Old 1 March 2015, 12:00 PM   #12
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Bleu noir. Sorry. 13 years of French will do that to you.
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Old 1 March 2015, 02:13 PM   #13
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Old 1 March 2015, 02:16 PM   #14
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actually i dont know what BLNR stands for..
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Old 1 March 2015, 02:35 PM   #15
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actually i dont know what BLNR stands for..
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Old 1 March 2015, 02:36 PM   #16
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Big Loud Noisy Rolex.
oh my. thanks!
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Old 1 March 2015, 02:58 PM   #17
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Bruiser...

Every time I hear a female sales associate say that when they're showing me this piece I see nothing but a guy wearing a wife beater. I cringe.
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Old 1 March 2015, 07:43 PM   #18
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I call it as the alphabetically. I never assign a nick name to anything I own.
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Old 1 March 2015, 08:10 PM   #19
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"Bleu Noir" as you should :)
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Old 1 March 2015, 11:18 PM   #20
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Black noir...

btw what's with the dress? Has the world collectively lost some IQ points at the same time? I can't believe I actually see that d*mn dress here.
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Old 1 March 2015, 11:31 PM   #21
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"Bleu Noir" as you should :)
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Old 2 March 2015, 01:01 AM   #22
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Black noir...

btw what's with the dress? Has the world collectively lost some IQ points at the same time? I can't believe I actually see that d*mn dress here.
That would make it "black black"- LOL.

Bleu Noir.
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Old 2 March 2015, 01:13 AM   #23
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"Bleu Noir" as you should :)
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Old 2 March 2015, 01:14 AM   #24
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Bleu noir for me too :-)
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Old 2 March 2015, 01:15 AM   #25
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