Daily Archives: October 1, 2006

The word is bike (with a little bit of stone)

For no particular reason, I came across the word ‘stane’, which M-W says is Scottish for ‘stone’. I thought that was silly: the Dutch word for stone is steen, which is pronounced exactly the way Scottish people would say ‘stane’. … Continue reading

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Numberwang

Ze Frank had a brilliant commentary on the US Detainee bill issue. You can watch the full show right here. Since it’s both sad and funny, I quote: In recent years, Mr. Corpus’ tactics of trying to protect the innocents … Continue reading

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