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Is it a heavy metal ümlaut? |
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This would be a good idea to put on a sign using lenticular printing. |
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Look at it one way and says: "Schrodinger" but viewed from another angle and it is: "Schrödinger". |
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Does the umlaut exist or not? |
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So, where did the speed of light go? |
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A grumpily awarded bun [+] Excuse me while I go have my legs resized. |
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A similar phenomenon exists for 'Ångström'. |
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Yeah, but the umlauts on an Ångström are way too
small to see. |
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Yeah, but maybe if you gave it a chance, you'd realize that the Ångström is still a great unit? I mean, it may have small umlauts, but it works hard, does its job, it's loyal and intelligent, and it and doesn't go through life coasting on luck like SOME units I know. |
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// So, where did the speed of light go? |
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Sorry [Ling], I don't get it. Help me out here? |
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Thank you [baconbrain]. I was too shy to ask. |
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I, too, am ashamed to admit it when I don't get the joke.
The last time it happened it was really, really obvious. |
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Maybe there's a reason that "c" is missing from the name in the
title? |
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What's not to like ... ? Bun. |
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From this angle, I see a "c". |
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I'm gonna go wash my hair or something .... |
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If we stare at the ' will it collapse into a ’ do you think? |
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<trying his best to sound like a Monty Python sketch>zee Umlaut traces it's origins back to ze French, around ze time of Louis ze First. Of course, Louis didn't call 'imzelf "Ze first", because 'e 'ad no hidea zere would be uzzer Louises to follow in 'iz footsteps. |
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Louis was a well-known practical joker, and 'e convinced 'is son, Louis ze German, zat ze Germanic people, along wiss zere Scandinavian brezren to ze norse, should adopt ze umlaut to create zere own distinctive identity. Zis was a great source of 'umour to ze French since, as we all well know, "umlaut" is French for "in a pig's eye"!<thbtslaMPs> |
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In moveable-type print houses, the accent mark in question was usually produced by using the upper tips of a discarded twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet. |
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"You can't make an umlaut without breaking some x." |
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//From this angle, I see a "c".
I'm gonna go wash my hair or something ....//[baconbrain] |
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You missed that it was missing, because someone else
realised it was missing and corrected the mistake without
mentioning it. And the umlaut has been added, whereas
that probably is a mistake, because I think it was meant to
be missing... |
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//the Ångström is still a great unit?// It is. Why
aren't there more metric units whose relative
magnitude is a power of ten? |
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Thanks, [Ling], I thought that must be it. |
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(My hair now looks lovely, BTW.) |
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Wait... no I didn't. Shit. |
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// It is. Why aren't there more metric units whose relative
magnitude is a power of ten?// |
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Because the DeciÅngström is so popular...? |
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Deci Ångström was certainly the most popular girl at my school. |
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// "You can't make an umlaut without breaking x." // |
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<Quietly moves [FT]'s name to next but one to the top of the list of those marked for summary execution when the Revolution comes> |
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Hurrah, I have a new neighbor! |
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Yes, but can you honestly say you're happy with the No. 3 spot ... ? |
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<6>Who is Number One?</6> |
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"Beware the one that calls itself 'Terry Wogan' ... " |
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// Yes, but can you honestly say you're happy with the No.
3 spot ... ? // |
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I suppose I deserve that. |
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toggling this one because many may not have seen
the link and realized the uncertain future of
uncertainty |
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How would they know if they had seen it or not? |
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