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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' 16:08 - Jan 6 with 758 viewsbluelagos

and not 'anti-vaccer'?

I've been misspelling it all this time without realising.

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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 16:33 - Jan 6 with 714 viewshoppy

Or even anti-vakxer.. as in

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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 16:38 - Jan 6 with 706 viewsGuthrum

I don't know. Presumably vax as short for vaccine (rather than vacuum cleaner), then the double "x" to make it read better.

Colloquial, innit.

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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 18:23 - Jan 6 with 658 viewsFelstow1978

Precisely because the stupid cnts have the merest of associations with the English language

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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 18:44 - Jan 6 with 629 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Because a shake and vaccer puts the freshness back and who could be against that.

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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 18:47 - Jan 6 with 623 viewsfooters

The ol' wet 'n' dry was a workhorse of a machine. Much missed.

I'm mainly a Henry man these days although several of my family were raving about these new Shark vacuums - can anyone confirm them to be legit?

P.S. Whatever happened to the noble Dustbuster?

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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 19:01 - Jan 6 with 598 viewsfactual_blue

So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 18:47 - Jan 6 by footers

The ol' wet 'n' dry was a workhorse of a machine. Much missed.

I'm mainly a Henry man these days although several of my family were raving about these new Shark vacuums - can anyone confirm them to be legit?

P.S. Whatever happened to the noble Dustbuster?


Sebo is the machine. Accept no other.

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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 19:25 - Jan 6 with 574 viewseireblue

So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 19:01 - Jan 6 by factual_blue

Sebo is the machine. Accept no other.


Pah the Sebo can just eat my dust as I clean up with my trusty……ah no….that’s not going to work.
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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 20:07 - Jan 6 with 533 viewsBluedicea

Because grammatically you cannot have an anti vaccine, that would translate as having a vaccine against nothing which doesn't make sense. So the x was added to differentiate it and entered parlance as anti vaxxer, meaning against vaccines.
There are certain laws in how words have to be arranged so they can be more easily understood and less likely to cause confusion or sound gibberish.
Similar in a way to the double negative issue, when heard the brain struggles to understand it, until it's heard enough times to be understood as a colloquial version of the correct way to say it.

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So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 20:49 - Jan 6 with 482 viewsSeablu

So why is it spelt 'anti-vaxxer' on 18:47 - Jan 6 by footers

The ol' wet 'n' dry was a workhorse of a machine. Much missed.

I'm mainly a Henry man these days although several of my family were raving about these new Shark vacuums - can anyone confirm them to be legit?

P.S. Whatever happened to the noble Dustbuster?


We purchased a Shark last year & I can confirm they’re very good but very temperamental & high maintenance after about 6 months (the vac, not the wife)
Cleaning foam filters clogged in layers of matted dust and rollers absolutely clogged with hair is pretty horrific.
No problem in the summer because you can take them outside to clean, not much fun in midwinter when it’s pis*ing down.
Hopeless at cleaning stair carpet and the wife has declared it too heavy to use (the vac, not me)
Stick with The Henry.
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