[ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Matthew Bassett hewbass at gmail.com
Wed Aug 18 16:55:34 BST 2010


The dangers of using a US based dictionary / thesaurus on a UK based list:

> From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
> 
>   feisty
>        adj 1: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty
>               challenger" [syn: plucky, spunky]

Imbued with involuntary night time emissions?eference in popular culture.

>> Enough ranting. I'll leave you with this:
>>
>> From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
>>  narwhal
>>    it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish,
>>       and unicorn whale.
>
> You're just having a bit of a rant, aren't you?
>

YES! OH GOD YES! Did the bit where I said "enough ranting" give you a clue?

You're just having a bit of pedantic facetiousness, aren't you?

Jonathon

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