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Hold on I need to look sth up
I don't get it
Dike/Dyke
I still don't get it
Dyke is also a slur for lesbian
You also can't mention it to the Dutch, they'll get way too excited.
Dyke what
Now it’s funny.
And you never will.
yeah this is funny
I'm a geologist and will save you some googling: it probably looks like a very large phallic obiect forcing itself into one phat rock formation.
Duckduckgo didn't make it funny, I had to actually Google.
Am geologist. No one I've ever worked with or been in a class with has cared. I didn't think I've ever heard anyone even snicker. Although we're in USA which spells it dike.
I have seen a Gen X straight white man have to correct someone's spelling and then stammer over explaining that spelling it 'dyke' has another meaning here but is the way it is spelled in Europe.
all you have to do is call it a dick, then of course when you lick rocks because you are a geologist you ca
I've just remembered it says straight geologist, mission failed
Reclaim?
they're called dykes (or dikes) which is a slur for lesbian