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  1. monacoger

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    More commonly spelled, but it just shows there are more stupid than clever people in the world.

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  2. monacoger

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    Who the **** are you going with, another work night out with your dad? <party>
     
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    Nosey looks better

    also Apple doesn’t autocorrect nosey
     
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    Would you say somebody had rosey cheeks or rosy cheeks?
     
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  5. Mick O'Toon

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    If she had a nice arse you could say she has cheeks like Rosey but if she had high blood pressure you would say she had rosy cheeks.
     
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    Excellent choice, which museums and galleries will you be visiting?
     
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  7. Mick O'Toon

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    And not forgetting a night at the theatre for a show or a play.
     
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  8. Easter Road 1980

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    However you refer to your boyfriends backside is your choice buddy.
     
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  9. Easter Road 1980

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    And, according to Collins Dictionary, "nosey" is an acceptable variant of "nosy".
     
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  10. monacoger

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    In other words the correct answer is "nosy", but because so many simpletons were getting it wrong and spelling it, "nosey", eventually the powers that be had to give in and say that, "nosey" was also correct. Another victory for the stupid.
     
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    Wrong.
     
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    Of course I am not wrong ffs
     
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    Both spellings are acceptable so, yes, you are utterly wrong.
     
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  14. DMD

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    Point of order, but are they not the 'same words in a different order' rather than the 'other words' you suggested?
     
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  15. monacoger

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    Nosy was the original correct answer. Both are only acceptable now because of stupid people.
     
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    That is not what I was suggesting were the other words, you wee rascal.
     
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  17. Mick O'Toon

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    ^^^nose out of joint
     
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  18. DMD

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    Hmmm, I smell a rat.

    please log in to view this image
     
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  19. Easter Road 1980

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    Wrong again.
     
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    Not if lexicographers are stupid people. :emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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