We're recording WHAT??

Post by **TriciaG** » January 15th, 2010, 3:51 pm

You mean that word that's all in caps, and looks like something the Nazi men would have been?

Post by **Availle** » January 15th, 2010, 4:07 pm

Yes, I think he meant that one...

Although, the Nazi men would not have been (it's not common practice in Europe), but the Jews would...

Sorry if I did not get your joke, it's too early for me for cognitive anythings...

Post by **TriciaG** » January 15th, 2010, 4:14 pm

The first word in the poem is a negative. So Nazi men would have been. The Jews would've NOT been, which would be a double negative.

Post by **Availle** » January 15th, 2010, 4:21 pm

Let me repeat: It's too early here for cognitive anything...

Post by **annise** » January 15th, 2010, 4:22 pm

Its not a book title but every time I see Elli's signature I wonder how

"Das Waldbauernbübel von Peter Rosegger" can possibly translate as "The House of Arden by E. Nesbit"

and then the penny drops

Anne

Lucy_k_p · Post by **Lucy_k_p** » January 15th, 2010, 5:37 pm

I really am hesitant to mention this one.. but I was going over the Fortnightly Poem and the first line....

See the bloopers thread. Although it was the same word in the last verse that got me.

neerajanagarajan · January 15th, 2010, 11:20 pm

TriciaG wrote:The first word in the poem is a negative. So Nazi men would have been. The Jews would've NOT been, which would be a double negative.

Cori · Post by **Cori** » January 30th, 2010, 2:23 am

Since we're recording *EVERY* work in the public domain, eventually we'll get round to this gem currently causing raised eyebrows at Distributed Proofreaders: http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26044

russiandoll · Post by **russiandoll** » January 30th, 2010, 2:52 am

Cori wrote:...this gem currently causing raised eyebrows at Distributed Proofreaders: http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26044

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Steampunk · Post by **Steampunk** » January 30th, 2010, 8:37 am

The title in question is The Baculum in the Chipmunks of Western North America by White, John A..

A "baculum" is this certain bone. . .

I assume it's a small study on the subject.

Jim

Post by **aradlaw** » January 30th, 2010, 8:54 am

That's the sort of subject that my email filter sends to junk mail

Too much information follows >>>

Wikipedia wrote:It is absent in humans, equids, marsupials, lagomorphs, hyenas, and cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) among others.

Nullifidian · Post by **Nullifidian** » January 31st, 2010, 2:04 pm

Steampunk wrote:The title in question is The Baculum in the Chipmunks of Western North America by White, John A..

A "baculum" is this certain bone. . .

I assume it's a small study on the subject.

Jim

Actually, it is. It was apparently published in 1953 in the in-house journal of the University of Kansas' Natural History Museum. (My alma mater! Go Jayhawks!

) It's just 20 pages long, and at least two pages of that are probably references.

Titles like that are commonplace in scientific papers.

My favorite scientific title is probably "Underwater Bipedal Locomotion by Octopuses in Disguise", a real article that appeared in Science a few years ago.

Cori · Post by **Cori** » February 1st, 2010, 12:03 pm

[HISTORY] History of the Inquisition of Spam

(Actually ... Spain.)

(nullifidian ... not octopi..?

And my current favourite paper: The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute.)

Jc · Post by Jc » February 1st, 2010, 12:44 pm

Nullifidian wrote: My favorite scientific title is probably "Underwater Bipedal Locomotion by Octopuses in Disguise", a real article that appeared in Science a few years ago.

I guess they met this little guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OByt5ISrzJs

Cori wrote:nullifidian ... not octopi..?

Same reason plural of virus is viruses. My world fell apart when I found out...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us

Steampunk · Post by **Steampunk** » February 1st, 2010, 1:48 pm

Jc wrote:Same reason plural of virus is viruses. My world fell apart when I found out...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us

Webster's New World College Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order).

Hmmm. Not Latin, but Latinized Greek. Who knew... I rather like "octopodes"

Jim