Is a 'Ghost in the Machine' a random bit of code that comes alive?
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Is a 'Ghost in the Machine' a random bit of code that comes alive?
I guess it's just the way people speak. "Netherlandish" would be too cumbersome.Quote:
Originally Posted by jso1985
From the Online Etymology Dictionary:
Dutch
c.1380, used first of Germans generally, after c.1600 of Hollanders, from M.Du. duutsch, from O.H.G. duit-isc, corresponding to O.E. žeodisc "belonging to the people," used especially of the common language of Germanic people, from žeod "people, race, nation," from P.Gmc. *theudo "popular, national" (see Teutonic), from PIE base *teuta- "people" (cf. O.Ir. tuoth "people," O.Lith. tauta "people," O.Prus. tauto "country," Oscan touto "community"). As a language name, first recorded as L. theodice, 786 C.E. in correspondence between Charlemagne's court and the Pope, in reference to a synodical conference in Mercia; thus it refers to Old English. First reference to the German language (as opposed to a Germanic one) is two years later. The sense was extended from the language to the people who spoke it (in Ger., Diutisklant, ancestor of Deutschland, was in use by 13c.). Sense narrowed to "of the Netherlands" in 17c., after they became a united, independent state and the focus of English attention and rivalry. In Holland, duitsch is used of the people of Germany. The M.E. sense survives in Pennsylvania Dutch, who immigrated from the Rhineland and Switzerland. Since 1608, Dutch (adj.) has been a "pejorative label pinned by English speakers on almost anything they regard as inferior, irregular, or contrary to 'normal' (i.e., their own) practice" [Rawson]. E.g. Dutch treat (1887), Dutch uncle (1838), etc. -- probably exceeded in such usage only by Indian and Irish -- reflecting first British commercial and military rivalry and later heavy Ger. immigration to U.S.
If a man speaks in a forest and no woman is around to hear him, is he still wrong?
I'd guess yes :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by DocF225
Why does mineral water in a bottle have a use by date?
whats even worse JB is why they have a nutrition sheet on a bottle of water?
so here a couple,
why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?
why do we call them apartments when they are all stuck together?
why do we call tehm buildings when we have already done building them?
Why does Preston CITY council, operate in Preston TOWN hall ? :s
Because its near to the market, so they can get some cheap shopping, and because its near the Guild Hall, so they can watch some snooker loopy
Why don't they rename it Preston city hall???
P.S I didn't know that people actually bought things from that market and they no longer have snooker in the guild hall :)
According to IUPAC (Internation Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry) - those responsible for naming elements and compounds. Americans now have to officially say Aluminium (the english way), as a trade off the official spelling of Sulphur is now Sulfur. Rather like pluto isn't a planet anymore, things get changed, but the average American will still say it the old way, and the average Brit will still write Sulphur(don't know why he'd want to tho)Quote:
Originally Posted by LotusElise
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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
One I know! Yee ha!
Preston's a new city, so the Town Hall is from it's town days and the council is now representing a City. Can't remember why it was allowed to become a city, though. Bezza might know that bit.