Why? It's totally the strict math term.
I didn't say that it was incorrect, I said that it was wrong. Wrong like a wrong thing on Wrong Street driving a wrongmobile!
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Mar 30, 2010 9:40:20 am PDT #19823 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Jessica - Mar 30, 2010 9:40:34 am PDT #19824 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Craigslist Lost & Found: Suitcase with $78,383 inside
Oh thank goodness - I've been looking everywhere for that!
Tom Scola - Mar 30, 2010 9:41:21 am PDT #19825 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS
Is the wrongmobile a Hummer or an Escalade?
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2010 9:41:49 am PDT #19826 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
∑ - sum, sum, sum, sum, SUM.
Haters.
Nilly - Mar 30, 2010 9:43:52 am PDT #19827 of 30001
Swouncing
It's interesting, because in Hebrew, the word for "sum" (as in the Inigo way, in a verb) also has the meaning of "add", on top of the Inigo-meaning, and just like in English, it's allowed to be used in the "We summed 2 and 2 to get 4", but is not the common word for that sentence. Huh.
Amy - Mar 30, 2010 9:44:34 am PDT #19828 of 30001
Because books.
My least favorite misuse (imo) of a word is in the smoking cessation ads. "You'll be quit in a month" or whatever. No, you "will have quit." It's a verb, people.
javachik - Mar 30, 2010 9:44:55 am PDT #19829 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
"I can't quit you."
tommyrot - Mar 30, 2010 9:45:35 am PDT #19830 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I just signed up for sailing lessons. They start next week on Saturday. Yay!
It's all part of the plan for Buffista world-domination. My part will be to set up the Buffista Navy.
Dana - Mar 30, 2010 9:46:11 am PDT #19831 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
My newest pet peeve (I sure go through a lot of these in the course of a day): people telling me how to do my job. I know how to do it! That's why it's my job!
bon bon - Mar 30, 2010 9:49:30 am PDT #19832 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
My least favorite misuse (imo) of a word is in the smoking cessation ads. "You'll be quit in a month" or whatever. No, you "will have quit." It's a verb, people.
I'm pretty sure they put it that way for a reason. I.e., they can't claim you will be anything more than currently not smoking. Every time I hear that commercial I hear hours of FDA/company counsel negotiation.