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23 Nov 2005, 12:50 PM | #1 |
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Silly questions you've always wanted to ask, but never have!
Ok, well this is a thread for all those things that you have no idea about and presume everyone else must no (therefore u don't ask!)
For example, my question is ~ what does it mean when (sic) appears after a slang word or place name? Sensical Index Charisma?!?! |
23 Nov 2005, 03:20 PM | #2 |
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When you are quoting something, it means the mistake or typo was in the original; it is not yours.
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Re: Silly questions you've always wanted to ask, but never have!
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Thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally. Usually to show that the quoter is not making a typo. |
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Why -- MCA?
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(Did you "presume everyone else must no" (sic) the answer to this question? I, for one, didn't...) |
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I think it's intelligent philosophy, but all my friends say it's stupid. Is time real or is it a made-up interface for us humans to work with?
Also, one slightly-more-common one, why do the front of water bottles always tell you there's no sodium in it? I mean...I usually assume that the companies aren't getting their water from the ocean. |
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26 Nov 2005, 05:59 AM | #9 |
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What is the difference between the one- and two-disc version of Shrek 2? (Apart from the fact that the former is £5.99 at Woolworth's when one spends £5 or more, whilst the latter is £8.97 at Tesco's.)
The one-disc edition includes all the extras including the new ending and the "Making Of" features, so is there any point in the two-disc edition? |
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Why do those in the UK and elsewhere in the Commonwealth use the spelling "criticise" etc, but not the spelling "sise" for "size"?
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I guess english is evolving, and in time maybe even Australian might be a different language? |
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Hmm. Well I currently work in a video store, and all I can say is that dvd/video releases do greatly differenciate region to region. We have shrek 1 + shrek 3d as a standard release of the first movie in australia... |
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Sorry xbot, your link wasn't entirely helpful as it went to amazon.com instead of amazon.co.uk (hence the info was for the wrong region DVD) and to Shrek instead of Shrek 2; but it did tell me where to look.
However, going to the UK Amazon has still left me in the dark; the only thing the two-disc edition appears to have which the one-disc edition hasn't is talking packaging. |
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