In that case, tell me something. Why should a billion mean 10^9? I mean, it stems from the prefix bi meaning two and of course, million. How...
For those of you who are big on spell checkers, here's a poem I once found. Eye halve a spelling chequer, it came with my pea sea; It plainly...
Might I point out, in that case, that should we be going down that route, well gotten is an out-moded perfect participle of get that is no longer...
you've just opened up a whole pandora's box by including incorrect meanings. :) here are some others - these are all words that we use in...
Hmm, you have wonderfully devloped legs there. Since you're about to croak I'll hand you over to my mate Ludovic who's a top french chef...
I've heard about a good greek font called Sparta which lets you do all the breathings, accents, iota subscripts and everything. Don't know if it's...
when you say Billion, do you MEAN Billion, or do you mean an American Billion? ;)
You're barely scratching the surface. Let me add a few more to that list American, English meter, metre center, centre realize, realise mold,...
There are four teams in west london. QPR, Brentford, QPR reserves and Brentford reserves ;) Sorry that's an old joke. The other two teams are...
"Les enfants de la patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé...."
On the subject of big literary chaps, Oscar Wilde had a good deal to say about pedantry and how it's essential to keep things in order otherwise...
Supposing society changed significantly and bare feet became widely accepted as a normal choice of attire in all aspects of life, and you had the...
I shave, sometimes. Sometimes I grow a full beard, sometimes I just grow a goatie, sometimes I just can't be arsed to shave if i'm on holiday or...
how come your iotas and upsilons and any vowels with breathings don't work? But more to the point, how did you manage to post in a greek font on...
and a car can cost as much as a space shuttle if some old famous person owned it.
"Depends on how much she charges and whether you'll get nicked for it. Gandalf said, "tell you what I'll make it legal for you." And so he...
My other pet hates (grammatical rather than spelling) include: "Like I said" - it's "as I said"!, "to be like" instead of "to say" - I tend...
Well, my dad grew up in Rs terrirtory, and so while I lived closer to the Bees, and went to see them a fair few times, my dad kept taking me to...
Can't blame a bloke for TRYING to preserve the English language! Tuh.
The other downside of not being very good with lyrics is it makes it difficult to appreciate them. Do you set your own lyrics as well,...
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