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Also, turns out I wasn't even wrong. Dyke is perfectly acceptable in British English.

• pencilguin 4y ago
  This is an international forum. You are, of course, always free to confuse readers, but it is rarely best to do it by accident.
  • xyzzyz 4y ago
    Yes, this is an international forum, so you should stop chiding people for not adhering to the preferred spelling of your corner of the world.
  • VBprogrammer 4y ago
    It's doubtful anyone genuinely believed that an offensive term for a lesbian was the most appropriate parsing of that sentence. It's just a bad faith argument and I'm you understand that.
    • pencilguin 4y ago
  • iso1631 4y ago
    So using the English spoken in England seems reasonable.
    • pencilguin 4y ago
      Speaking, here, would not be heard.