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Golden Key
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Thanks, LC! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I looked it up in Wikipedia. Evidently, it has varying definitions, but it's in the ballpark.
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Many appliances are simply slapped together components that manufacturers source parts from.
True.
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Hence, for example, Kitchen Aid, Kenmore, Whirlpool, Hobart, are actually all be the same thing,
Not always true. There can be differences between, and within, brands. It can be quite difficult to work out which model from which brand in which year is the better choice.
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My fridge is old, ugly and runs like a champ.
However, it is possible that it costs you more in electricity than it would cost to replace it more than once.
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L'organist
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Re: stand mixers
There is no comparison between KitchenAid and Kenwood - just look at the size of the motor.
A standard Kenwood Chef, even an old one, has a 400 watt motor, against the KA of 325. If you're planning to do a lot of baking or mixing using a Kenwood is the best solution by a mile.
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
I've read that these help:
- work on a hard surface, like a mirror
- use baby oil, to enable chains to slip
- undo any clasps
Sounds like a '50 Shades' positive outcome.
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Does anyone know how a hashtag came to be known as a hashtag? In British English, the # symbol is commonly called a 'hash,' but in US English I've always heard it called the 'pound symbol' (which means £ in British English). I know Twitter is an American company, but was the term coined by a British journalist maybe? 10 minutes of googling gave me lots of information I already knew without actually answering my question.
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Originally posted by Adam.:
Does anyone know how a hashtag came to be known as a hashtag?
Gah! I bought a book which covered this very matter a couple of weeks ago, but haven't got round to it yet. If no one else answers before, I'll try to skim read it tonight and get back to you.
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Originally posted by Adam.:
Does anyone know how a hashtag came to be known as a hashtag? In British English, the # symbol is commonly called a 'hash,' ...
The Wikipedia article explains the etymological origin like this:
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In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it is generally[6] called the hash (a corruption of "hatch", referring to cross-hatching).
but that may not be the information you're looking for.
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Uncle Pete
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Thanks, LC!
I looked it up in Wikipedia. Evidently, it has varying definitions, but it's in the ballpark.
Given the sport widely played in this area (in which I am currently resident, I would say that the term South Asian hits a six.
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Adam.
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by Adam.:
Does anyone know how a hashtag came to be known as a hashtag? In British English, the # symbol is commonly called a 'hash,' ...
The Wikipedia article explains the etymological origin like this:
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In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it is generally[6] called the hash (a corruption of "hatch", referring to cross-hatching).
but that may not be the information you're looking for.
Right. What I'm wondering is why Americans came to call the twitter thing a hashtag when they call the symbol a pound in other contexts. It makes perfect sense for Brits to call it a hashtag, but why has the term crossed the pond in this context only?
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L'organist
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Excuse me but some of us have known, loved and used the symbol # for years: it is a SHARP in musical notation.
Believe it or not, there was life before computers and keyboards.
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If you bothered to read the page referenced, you would see that the two symbols differ slightly.
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L'organist
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I can assure you there is plenty of music with a sharp written that slopes that way - especially in the MS of left-handed people.
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Perhaps there is, but the typography maniacs among us will tell you that the hash is a different glyph, also known as the octothorp.
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Thanks, LC!
I looked it up in Wikipedia. Evidently, it has varying definitions, but it's in the ballpark.
South Asian was the first thing that came to my mind too. Another possibility could be to ask if they are from the Indian subcontinent (or maybe just 'the subcontinent').
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Originally posted by Adam.:
Does anyone know how a hashtag came to be known as a hashtag? In British English, the # symbol is commonly called a 'hash,' but in US English I've always heard it called the 'pound symbol' (which means £ in British English). I know Twitter is an American company, but was the term coined by a British journalist maybe? 10 minutes of googling gave me lots of information I already knew without actually answering my question.
I was puzzled by the 'pound symbol' info; is this because keyboards produce a £ from the same key as # ?
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Eutychus
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I think it's referring to pounds of weight, not money.
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Originally posted by Galloping Granny:
I was puzzled by the 'pound symbol' info; is this because keyboards produce a £ from the same key as # ?
GG
Not over here. In the U.S. (on a PC -- Macs do their own thing), I can get a £ by holding the Alt key and typing 156. There's no £ on my keyboard.
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Jengie jon
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Someone somewhere did had some fun when they desgned the UK or US keyboard.
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Teilhard
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Originally posted by Keren-Happuch:
I don't know if this is the right thread, or whether this counts as a homework question, but I need to track down a quote from the English translation of Jesus of Nazareth by Gunter Bornkamm. Does any Shippy have a copy?
I have my copy at hand … What for are you looking to find … ???
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L'organist: Excuse me but some of us have known, loved and used the symbol # for years: it is a SHARP in musical notation.
This is a sharp: ♯
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Galloping Granny:
I was puzzled by the 'pound symbol' info; is this because keyboards produce a £ from the same key as # ?
I was mystified by this the first time my (American) voicemail software asked me to press Pound, as there wasn't, and still isn't, a £ key on my phone keypad.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Jengie jon:
Someone somewhere did had some fun when they designed the UK or US keyboard.
Jengie
I once sent an email from an internet café in Panama -- everything seemed to be in the "wrong" place (for an American) -- not just the symbols that are used in Spanish but not in English.
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LeRoc
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Pigwidgeon: I once sent an email from an internet café in Panama -- everything seemed to be in the "wrong" place (for an American) -- not just the symbols that are used in Spanish but not in English.
Try using a German or a French keyboard.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by LeRoc:
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Pigwidgeon: I once sent an email from an internet café in Panama -- everything seemed to be in the "wrong" place (for an American) -- not just the symbols that are used in Spanish but not in English.
Try using a German or a French keyboard.
Actually I had just looked up a German keyboard when I posted this.
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
I think it's referring to pounds of weight, not money.
It is. A recent book (and website) Shady Characters has some long posts about the pound sign, including a reproduction of Isaac Newton's handwritten 'lb' as an abbreviation for 'libra'.
Even as long ago as junior high school, I got into arguments with classmates who didn't believe me that the # really could mean pounds. Recognition has certainly spread since then.
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Originally posted by Teilhard:
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Originally posted by Keren-Happuch:
I don't know if this is the right thread, or whether this counts as a homework question, but I need to track down a quote from the English translation of Jesus of Nazareth by Gunter Bornkamm. Does any Shippy have a copy?
I have my copy at hand … What for are you looking to find … ???
Thank you! I've PMed you to save clogging up the thread.
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Mili
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I never noticed that the hash symbol looked like the one for a sharp in music until a music lesson I was teaching last year. One of the children asked me why there was a hashtag on a music note. At first I was confused until they pointed to the sharp symbol.
When I learnt piano as a child I always thought the sharp symbol looked like a candy cane due to the font in the music books, so sharp notes tasted peppermint to me and that visual/taste has stuck with me. Hashtags are totally different as they taste like mashed potato - I guess because of hash browns. (I may have mild synaesthesia as some words, letters and shapes have tastes for me)
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Originally posted by Mili:
When I learnt piano as a child I always thought the sharp symbol looked like a candy cane due to the font in the music books, so sharp notes tasted peppermint to me and that visual/taste has stuck with me. Hashtags are totally different as they taste like mashed potato - I guess because of hash browns. (I may have mild synaesthesia as some words, letters and shapes have tastes for me)
So I have to ask -- what do the flats taste like, stale champagne, perhaps? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Probably Fosters. ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
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Mili
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Only certain words and shapes etc have tastes so the flats don't taste like anything My brain is just weird.
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Mili, that certainly sounds like synesthesia. We just discovered that my son has it too, though for him it's colors and musical notes. Mine is mostly shapes and textures with music, and colored letters, though I think I've got one taste association.
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Mili
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I asked my parents if they have similar experiences, but they don't taste words, even food words. This really surprised me as I assumed everyone 'tasted' food words even if they don't have taste associations for other words.
I taste all food and drink words - even to the point of making up a taste if it is something I haven't tasted. I'm sorry to say that you taste like lamb chops when I read your name Lamb Chopped!
So does anyone here imagine the taste of a food word when they hear, say or read it or is it also part of synaesthesia?
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On Radio 4 this afternoon, in a programme about the role played by food in art over the centuries, one speaker said that the cucumber is a symbol of Christ's purity.
Google is not confirming this, though it does seem that the cucumber is symbolic of many things.
Has anyone come across the idea that the cucumber is a symbol of Christ's purity, and if so, why?
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Originally posted by basso:
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
I think it's referring to pounds of weight, not money.
It is. A recent book (and website) Shady Characters has some long posts about the pound sign, including a reproduction of Isaac Newton's handwritten 'lb' as an abbreviation for 'libra'.
Even as long ago as junior high school, I got into arguments with classmates who didn't believe me that the # really could mean pounds. Recognition has certainly spread since then.
I believe the technical term for "#" is octothorpe. In medical abbreviations it is used for "fracture". "Ib" is explained here, it means "libra pondo" apparently.
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Originally posted by Mili:
So does anyone here imagine the taste of a food word when they hear, say or read it or is it also part of synaesthesia?
The sensory experience, the actual taste, is sometimes hard to differentiate from the imagined taste. I think there's no specific line between actual taste and excellent imagination of taste, or of other senses too.
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BessLane
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Can anyone (US based if posible for ease of purchase) recommend a good conditioner for very fine, baby thin hair. Hubby's hair is like this and as it is very long as well, he's having a bear of a time with knots and tangles after he washes it.
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My hair is very long and fine and I find that Mane &Tail shampoo and conditioner is the best. It is actually for horses originally but my local CVS and Publix both stock it. Otherwise our local feed store has the range as well, although you may be asked what your horse is like there
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Use a pick or specific detangling brush.
Choose a creme rinse instead of conditioner.
Try "No More Tangles" or another leave-in conditioner.
Don't ever squish the hair up in a towel. If using conditioner in the shower, use your fingers to comb it through and then just pat dry with the towel. Makes a huge difference - much more of a difference than the type of conditioner.
Lily Pad
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Thanks, I'll pass that along to hubby.
(We use Mane & Tail shampoo, but not the conditioner, I'll have to pick up a bottle next time I'm at the store.)
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Albertus
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My godmother (widowed, living alone near London, adult children but not living anywhere nearby) was recently killed in a road accident. The police, or authorities anyway, managed to notify her children quite quickly. Does anyone know how they know that there are people to contact, and where to get hold of them? I don't think she had one of those emergency bracelets: I suppose she might have had some addresses on her, or of course numbers on her 'phone.
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Thanks, those do sound helpful. But I was just curious as to what the police do if a person has none of those things.
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Golden Key
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Re ID and contacts in an emergency:
--I have my ICE contacts listed in my cell phone, in 2 ways: "ICE name" in the contact name box for each person; and an "ICE Contacts" group, which includes all of them.
--ICE contacts and other emergency info listed in my datebook that I keep in my purse.
--Small USB drive in my purse, containing ICE and medical info. Speaking of which, I need to update it, and also get a small one to put on my keychain.
--On my keychain, I also have little loyalty cards for various stores. One even will guarantee postage to their store if the keychain is found and dropped in the mail. And I could be traced through those.
--Oh, and my thumbprint is on file for my driver's license, so they could run my thumbprint through the system.
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Originally posted by Albertus:
Thanks, those do sound helpful. But I was just curious as to what the police do if a person has none of those things.
Records at a doctor's surgery or passport records may list a next of kin. The police would probably try that.
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Originally posted by Albertus:
Thanks, those do sound helpful. But I was just curious as to what the police do if a person has none of those things.
A lady at my church is a Police Officer. I'll ask her next time I see her.
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Thanks. Just curious to know.
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