Monthly Archives: June 2005

Getting the point

June 22, 2005 – 6:25 pm

I’m a moderator on a Yahoo! Group! related to a software testing app. The Group! is files-only, meaning there’s no discussion, it’s just a place to keep handy documents, applets etc. that help when using the main application. Everyone who signs up has to read and agree to a very brief piece of text stating [...]

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June 21, 2005 – 1:57 am

Work-safe Euw!-ness

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Ye Olde Englishe

June 15, 2005 – 4:56 pm

Another of those things you stumble upon. [[download:lp-all.mp3:text:Here:]] is an mp3 of The Lord’s Prayer being read in Old English. The original wav, plus some explanation, is available here (and all credit is due to that site and the reader, Cathy Ball). I particularly like the “swa swa” bit. Play it and you’ll understand.

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June 14, 2005 – 9:12 pm

Subliminal lechery

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Je suis un Americane

June 12, 2005 – 9:02 pm

I saw a reference to this story, headlined “Routing is Tooting.” It made no sense to me, until I realized that I was reading in American. (Culture note: In the UK ‘routing’ is pronounced to rhyme with ‘tooting’ In the US it’s something like ‘rowding’.)

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