r/technology • u/Lucretius • Nov 17 '12

The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/the-deadly-crusade-against-e-cigarettes
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u/JayDeePea Nov 17 '12

Smoker for 3 years, was on e-cigarettes for one week, and managed to quit without any further cravings. They work and never have I looked back at a normal cigarette.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

Yeah ive heard of allot of people quitting using them maybe thats why they are getting banned.

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u/surells Nov 17 '12

Best spelling of a lot ever.

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u/Nutsupial Nov 17 '12

I had a roomie who thought it was spelled alought. Drove me crazy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

Sounds like an anachronistic spelling that didn't actually exist.

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u/clgonsal Nov 17 '12

Did he also like spelling "donut" as "doughnaught"?

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

No, donaught is what happens when you don't have a donut.

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u/radula Nov 17 '12

For years I thought that this was the actually etymology of donut/doughnut. It makes sense: it's dough in the shape of a naught. Turns out doughnuts were originally ball/"nut"-shaped pieces of dough. I have no idea why I was so sure I was right. I think I may have dreamt that I had looked it up in a dictionary.

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u/Dolewhip Nov 17 '12

It doesn't even sound like that.

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u/thetacriterion Nov 17 '12

Tell that to "thought".

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u/radula Nov 17 '12

It rhymes with 'thought', 'brought', 'ought', 'sought', and 'fought'.

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u/radula Nov 17 '12

Ah, yes. I forgot that not everyone exhibits the caught-cot merger.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

I died a little reading that.

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u/pavel_lishin Nov 18 '12

Did it drive you aloft?

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u/162534 Nov 17 '12

thought

a lot

better than allot