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The problem comes with defining "dirt". If it means
any solid matter on Earth, the average number of
times will be extremely small - the Earth's core and
mantle, for instance, haven't circulated a lot. |
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Also, your reasoning is circular. The statistics will
depend on the average age you assume for the Earth
and its inhabitants. |
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Pretty meaningless: food that goes through a digestive system gets changed to something else; rock particulates ("dirt") aren't ingested on purpose. |
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mfd idea there isn't one. |
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Anc. Grmr: "Hath spoken". Really, it's not that
difficult. |
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I changed it slightly, thought it would sneak by. Guess not.
Someones got their mono-glass out going over stuff with a fine
tooth comb. |
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We got your pedantry right here. For reference: |
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I, we, ye (you plural), they have
thou (you, singular) hast
he, she, it hath
I, he, she, it, we, ye (you plural), they had
thou (you singular) hadst |
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The foregoing applies to people. In the case of
animals, plants, the weather and the sea:
It haethen
They haetheren and
It hadseach
They hadseachen |
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... or consult Bodmer and Hogben (see link), who know more about this than [MB] and are not taking the piss. |
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// know more about this than [MB]// |
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As if that were relevant. It is far, far more important
to be confident than to be right. |
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