Aural hygiene

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#42

I have an extremely vivid recollection of my Mum extracting a blackhead from my Dads ear one morning.

#43

I agree. I once (I do not endorse this of course) spotted a bit whilst she was asleep and I used tweezers to grab the end so I could get it out without squishing it and losing out on pure wax fullfilment. It was so so so AMAZING.

#44

stuff like this makes me think how big the world is and how we’re all so different

#45

How do you pronounce the words ears?

  • Welsh way (same as you pronounce years)
  • The official Conservative party way

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#46

pcbe

#48

how else would you pronounce it?

#49

Quite active in this thread aren’t I. Who knew I liked wax so much.

BUT ear wax is different depending on ethnicity too. Westerners’ wax is ‘wet’ and Asians (and native americans) have dry stuff that falls out much easier.

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#50

Welsh would be eeee- ahs

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#51

chilling.

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#52

What do you do?

#53

full dunk, no blocking of ears. for a long period of time, esp to get all the suds out. run hands through scalp to get suds off

#54

Always wondered about this when you read about people having lumps of wax falling out of their ears. Makes sense now

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#55

PSA

there are ways of cleaning your ears that don’t involve cotton buds, i’ve heard enough horror stories to steer well away from anything like that. a perforated eardrum in particular sounds pretty horrible. people don’t realise how delicate the eardrum is, it’s like paper. olive oil can be hit and miss if you have a real blockage but if you use it regularly enough (ie, as a preventative before you actually have a problem) then it should keep things moving (out)

#56

Correct way

English people put a massive EEEE on the front, or pretend like they’re in Jane Eyre

#57

There was a horrible bit in Girls where she popped her eardrum with a cotton bud and it makes me feel funny thinking of it.

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#58

My son is a mix, but the western ‘wet wax’ gene must be dominant judging by what I usually extract.

#59

quickly changed my choice. don’t pronounce it ‘yaaar’ like a yokel/pirate, obviously.

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#60

2 syllables

ee-uh

#61

also, tuth?!

i’ve got a few welsh mates and never heard them pronounce it like that.

#62

Birmingham pronunciation