Except also Swedish (literally) and German (basically) use 9 * 10 for 90. One might also write the French as 4 * 20 + 17 (which does make a ton of sense; they just got lazy with 17-19). […]
Tag: Status Updates
Which princess of pop are you?
Science says I’m Britney… http://www.popiconsblog.com/which-princess-of-pop-are-you.html […]
I like to contextualize world news to how it matters to my life. For example, I hope that China’s recent two devaluations mean I can get a cheaper ball pit. And mortgage, I suppose, but mostly the ball pit. […]
As a member of a Britney group so eloquently said earlier today: “Now thousands of Britney fans will watch Jane the Virgin for the first time ever.” I, for one, never heard of the show before. I wonder if she’ll be a conservative priest…? […]
After being without my paper for a week due to the last Audible update shitting all over itself, I feel all uninformed and naked. Of course, it doesn’t help matters, I normally listen to it in the shower. […]
Is it just me…?
Is it just me (and very likely Widmann 😉 ) who gets excited when I first encounter a word that is almost the same in another language as in my native Danish, and then start speculating about the etymology of the word? This morning I encountered the Dutch “splinternieuw,” which in Danish is “splinterny.” The […]