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    I got an e-mail from asendia UK saying "Your order has been despatched".

    I first thought "dispatched" was incorrectly written, but in British English, "dispatched" is actually written as "despatched". Damn. You learn something new every day!
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      Editing … I had no idea.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … Weird. Because our forklift drivers all wear dispatch hi vis vests with an i. And that's how I've always thought it was spelled.
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    • Silent Gamer
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      Editing … I've seen it written both ways, but "despatched" still feels wrong
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    • LizardTaro
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      Editing … It does feel wrong, yeah. That's why it's so unpopular, even among brits, it seems.
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      Editing … Isn't asendia that dildo factory? What you bought?
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      Editing … Huh? I certainly didn't buy a dildo! I... actually don't know what this asendia shipment contains. I bought a bunch of plushies (mostly Doraemon and Sanrio ones) on Aliexpress for my co-workers, for Christmas. My orders got split into a million parcels, some of which get delivered by Hermes and other ones by DHL. And one apparently got sent from the UK instead of China or something. It's very confusing.
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      Editing … Wait, the asendia one gets transferred to GLS, a local delivery service. So that's THREE different delivery services paying me a visit soon.
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      Editing … What size did you get?
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      Editing … I just noticed that I'm actually getting TWO parcels sent by asendia spain. One probably contains a shower-head that I ordered on Amazon. Amazon claims it's getting delivered by DPD, but according to the tracking number, the next delivery service is also GLS. WHAT A MESS!
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      Editing … The plushies are between 11 and 18 cm in height, and each one cost me less than €5.
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      Editing … Whoo 7"
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