They probably use “flout” and “flaunt” interchangeably.
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This is why I always spell it "white supremist,’ b/c that’s how those shitheads pronounce it.
Bonus:
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Yeah, I’ve noticed that as well, and I just don’t get it. Yes, it’s because they’re dumb, as @mindysan33 says, but why are they dumb in this particular way, and why is it all of them? It’s such a strange phenomenon
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Using “bias” as an adjective instead of “biased” usually comes from hearing it said, where the final d is often subtle to the point of non-existence, and not seeing it written, where it is obvious. And it’s not hard to think of some people who might hear the word shouted a lot but never read anything that’s been spellchecked…
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But surely they must realise that other adjectives don’t behave that way. I mean, they’re shrieking about things being based all the time, so they can make to leap from substantive to adjective there…
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The only parts of speech they believe needs to be absolutely exact every single time is pronouns.
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Kiddo wants to know how to say “kitty-kitty” in Russian. Google Translate says “kotenok-kotenok” (using the Latin alphabet). Help?
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That means kitten-kitten, but I think kotik-kotik would work better. Not that I know Russian but I did know a cat called that, plus the internet offers this:
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Are you asking about saying kitty kitty or how a person calls a cat to them in Russian the way American English speakers use “here kitty-kitty, here kitty kitty”
If it is the latter, I think it’s a sound like kis-kis-kis.
I remember thinking it was really cute when I saw a Russian character in a movie use kis-kis-kis.
Not sure how reliable these videos are, but they use kis-kis-kis
The music at the end of this one is annoying but the rest is cute:
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@chenille That chart is great! I forwarded that to Kiddo. She has written something for school, and the Kitty-Kitty in question refers to what someone in the story calls their cat. She can review the chart for all the nuances of kitty-ness in Russian and decide.
@Kii don’t you love how many cultures/languages use a variation on "psssp psssp psssp” to summon cats? 
Thanks bunches to you both!
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Okay! I’m here. What is it!?
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This video reveals a great deal about the people who study languages and other cultures, beyond what we would expect to be their main focus. It starts as an interesting story about the Pirahã tribe and how their language is supposedly different from others. The ensuing conflicts between linguists seem to have unfortunately overshadowed that:
This focuses mostly on the language, with examples at the beginning and end of this discussion of phonology:
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