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    jian reacted to dragoner's post in the thread Brits United with Like Like.
    There is always hp
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    jian replied to the thread What are you reading in 2026?.
    Read The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Vampires by Grady Hendrix, as recommended by this thread. It was great, delightful in places...
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    jian replied to the thread Brits United.
    Gosh, discussing the merits and uses of Marmite is the most British thing ever. (Not Vegemite, that’s Australian.)
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    jian reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread Brits United with Like Like.
    You don't want to leave some crusty Marmite for the next lad... I get it. Is this the universal serving style for Marmite? This is the...
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    jian reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Brits United with Like Like.
    I quite like it, but I don't love or hate it! It's... fine.
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    jian reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread Brits United with Like Like.
    Are we taking over this thread??? Is this our Boston Tea Party moment? Although I do enjoy scones. And I was informed by my Jersey...
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    jian reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread Brits United with Like Like.
    My former MIL does love marmite. I'm going to go with I like it about 5%. That translates to: 'I'll put it in my mouth, but there are...
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    jian reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread Brits United with Like Like.
    I use the former from your examples... rhymes with Don.
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    jian replied to the thread Brits United.
    The cliche is that you either love or hate Marmite. It’s concentrated yeasty umami. I’m personally in the hate camp. (At school, we...
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    jian replied to the thread Brits United.
    RP (Received Pronunciation, the posh English accent which I have) would have it as skon (rhymes with Don). Skone (rhymes with stone) is...
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    I’ve dropped out of audiobooks generally, mostly because my commute is quite short now. 6+ years ago, I used to drive an hour to and...
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    Assessing A-level students on diagnostic skills they haven’t been taught and therefore don’t possess is not wise. I don’t think I had...
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    jian replied to the thread Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord.
    Filoni has said in interviews that Lucas asked him to bring Maul back and that he really didn’t want to, at least at first.
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    jian reacted to GreyLord's post in the thread Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord with Like Like.
    How do you know that was Lucas and not Filoni who brought Maul back? (may have been Lucas, but Filoni had far more control over the...
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    I feel very sorry for your friend’s dad, then. Humiliating students was (and in some places probably still is, though it’s very much...
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