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Frimley111R said:
The moniker ‘van den plas’ on some premium models (of the 80s/90s) is not pronounced with a silent ‘s’ at the end. It is a Dutch phrase and they pronounce the ‘s’
It's a name, rather than a phrase.ETA: and the pronunciation is closr to 'plus' than 'plas'.
Edited by Doofus on Friday 20th January 09:41
Doofus said:
It's a name, rather than a phrase.
ETA: and the pronunciation is closr to 'plus' than 'plas'.
Really ?ETA: and the pronunciation is closr to 'plus' than 'plas'.
Edited by Doofus on Friday 20th January 09:41
Any chance you could desist from your wearisome habit of nit-picking other people's contributions ?
See if the squatting toad bites with this one:
if you were in New York and had a loud voice and
shouted " Doofus wears his mum's pants "
it would take 4 hours before someone in San Francisco heard
it and replied " yeah, everyone knows that ".
Old mirrors were manufactured with a silver backing to create the reflection. Silver was considered a purifying metal, which is why vampires see no reflection.
Modern mirrors use an aluminum backing, so cannot be used to identify vampires.
Also, aluminum is the original spelling of the metal.
Modern mirrors use an aluminum backing, so cannot be used to identify vampires.
Also, aluminum is the original spelling of the metal.
Ayahuasca said:
Also, aluminum is the original spelling of the metal.
Interesting https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/alum...eldar said:
Its Vanden Plas, if it is the coachbuilder of that name.
Pronounced wibble, around these parts.
Vanden Plas was originally a Belgian coachbuilder who started a London office in the twenties of the previous century. After WWII VDP was taken over by Austin.Pronounced wibble, around these parts.
Nobody in Belgium, nor in the Netherlands BTW would attach the van and the den in their surname. The original and correct spelling would therefore be van den Plas (note there are no capital V and D, which is another rule in our grammer). Maybe Austin, who obviously had all rights to do so after the take over, decided to attach van and den to make it look posh or so.
Plas (pond or puddle) is pronounced including the s in the end and should sound like “was”
biggbn said:
I met Tom Baker when I was a kid. He was in full Dr. Who get up, some kinda promotional gig at a branch of John Menzies in Dundee. It's not very interesting but it's a fact.
You're lucky. I saw Sylvester McCoy at a Doctor Who exhibition during the "height" of his popularity sitting at a desk as we came out. I didn't recognise him. Once I got home I thought "Oh, it was him". He was that memorable.
Morningside said:
You're lucky. I saw Sylvester McCoy at a Doctor Who exhibition during the "height" of his popularity sitting at a desk as we came out. I didn't recognise him.
Once I got home I thought "Oh, it was him". He was that memorable.
Not convinced that seeing a Dr. Who is an actual, bona fide Fact. Once I got home I thought "Oh, it was him". He was that memorable.
We have only your word for it, we need evidence, a date, time, location, any witnesses, CCTV, come on ?
[ sorry, been watching way too many murder trials on Law and Order Network ]
Punctilio said:
Morningside said:
You're lucky. I saw Sylvester McCoy at a Doctor Who exhibition during the "height" of his popularity sitting at a desk as we came out. I didn't recognise him.
Once I got home I thought "Oh, it was him". He was that memorable.
Not convinced that seeing a Dr. Who is an actual, bona fide Fact. Once I got home I thought "Oh, it was him". He was that memorable.
We have only your word for it, we need evidence, a date, time, location, any witnesses, CCTV, come on ?
[ sorry, been watching way too many murder trials on Law and Order Network ]
In the UK, blue tits eat an estimated 50 billion moth caterpillars each year.
On a different note, I've just found out that Flava Flav of Public Enemy wears a big clock on a chain around his neck to represent the value of time and the importance of using it well.
Not especially a fan of Public Enermy, but I quite like that philosophy. So it might actually be too useful for this thread.
On a different note, I've just found out that Flava Flav of Public Enemy wears a big clock on a chain around his neck to represent the value of time and the importance of using it well.
Not especially a fan of Public Enermy, but I quite like that philosophy. So it might actually be too useful for this thread.
Randy Winkman said:
On a different note, I've just found out that Flava Flav of Public Enemy wears a big clock on a chain around his neck to represent the value of time and the importance of using it well.
Not especially a fan of Public Enermy, but I quite like that philosophy. So it might actually be too useful for this thread.
Or at least that is what his PR company told him to say.Not especially a fan of Public Enermy, but I quite like that philosophy. So it might actually be too useful for this thread.
Golfgtimk28v said:
Lost ranger said:
Crabs have evolved independently five times.
Crabs?, that makes no sense. Everything evolved independently. (Well some exceptions)Lost ranger said:
Crabs aren't really a 'thing' though, like 'fish' or 'creepy crawlies' it's a convenient term for a set of species with certain similarities rather than a biological classification.
""crab, any short-tailed member of the crustacean order Decapoda (phylum Arthropoda)—especially the brachyurans (infraorder Brachyura), or true crabs, but also other forms such as the anomurans (suborder Anomura), which include the hermit crabs. Decapods occur in all oceans, in fresh water, and on land; about 10,000 species have been described.""It is a tree, you can't have crabs evolved 5 times, you could have crab like animals, which is different.
Golfgtimk28v said:
""crab, any short-tailed member of the crustacean order Decapoda (phylum Arthropoda)—especially the brachyurans (infraorder Brachyura), or true crabs, but also other forms such as the anomurans (suborder Anomura), which include the hermit crabs. Decapods occur in all oceans, in fresh water, and on land; about 10,000 species have been described.""
It is a tree, you can't have crabs evolved 5 times, you could have crab like animals, which is different.
The whole point of that quote is that the word 'crab' can refer to 'true' brachyuran crabs, but can also refer to other independently evolved forms such as Hermit crabs. It is a tree, you can't have crabs evolved 5 times, you could have crab like animals, which is different.
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