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The anthropomorphic universe
TV often uses dramatic language to pep up documentaries about the universe - I once heard the orbit of a distant planet (fast and close to its sun) described as "terrifying". I wonder who was terrified. But now I see New Scientist doing the same thing -
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I wonder who was traumatised and frantic.
Phil C.
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I wonder who was traumatised and frantic.
Phil C.
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[nq:1]TV often uses dramatic language to pep up documentaries about the universe - I once heard the orbit of a ... [/nq] Don't complain at us, write a letter to the New Scientist, there is a chance it might get published. They have a full page of such mistakes in "Feedback" so you may get your name included there :-) Dave Fawthrop Freedom of Speech, Expression, Religion, and Democracy are the keys to Civilization, together with legal acceptance of Fundamental Human rights.
- [nq:1]TV often uses dramatic language to pep up documentaries about the universe - I once heard the orbit of a ...
- [/nq] Don't complain at us, write a letter to the New Scientist, there is a chance it might get published.
- They have a full page of such mistakes in "Feedback" so you may get your name included there :-) Dave Fawthrop Freedom of Speech, Expression, Religion, and Democracy are the keys to Civilization, together with legal acceptance of Fundamental Human rights.
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[nq:1]TV often uses dramatic language to pep up documentaries about the universe - I once heard the orbit of a ... has also given physicists their first clues about what drove that frantic expansion...>> I wonder who was traumatised and frantic.[/nq]
Don't complain at us, write a letter to the New Scientist, there is a chance it might get published.
They have a full page of such mist
Don't complain at us, write a letter to the New Scientist, there is a chance it might get published.
They have a full page of such mist
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[nq:1]TV often uses dramatic language to pep up documentaries about the universe - I once heard the orbit of a ... has also given physicists their first clues about what drove that frantic expansion...>> I wonder who was traumatised and frantic.[/nq]
*** knows.
Robin Bignall
Hoddesdon, England
*** knows.
Robin Bignall
Hoddesdon, England
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[nq:2]I wonder who was traumatised and frantic.[/nq]
[nq:1]*** knows.[/nq]
Do you think the Big Bang scared *** then? A bit like when you plug something in and there's a flash, a bang and all the lights go out? Perhaps the Creation was an accident- not so much intelligent design, as tune for maximum smoke?
Paul Burke
[nq:1]*** knows.[/nq]
Do you think the Big Bang scared *** then? A bit like when you plug something in and there's a flash, a bang and all the lights go out? Perhaps the Creation was an accident- not so much intelligent design, as tune for maximum smoke?
Paul Burke
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[nq:2]*** knows.[/nq]
[nq:1]Do you think the Big Bang scared *** then? A bit like when you plug something in and there's a flash, a bang and all the lights go out? Perhaps the Creation was an accident- not so much intelligent design, as tune for maximum smoke?[/nq]
I hope those were merely rhetorical questions, Paul. I wonder if I've used a bit of local Midlands dialect that is not commonl
[nq:1]Do you think the Big Bang scared *** then? A bit like when you plug something in and there's a flash, a bang and all the lights go out? Perhaps the Creation was an accident- not so much intelligent design, as tune for maximum smoke?[/nq]
I hope those were merely rhetorical questions, Paul. I wonder if I've used a bit of local Midlands dialect that is not commonl
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[nq:2]Do you think the Big Bang scared *** then? A ... not so much intelligent design, as tune for maximum smoke?[/nq]
[nq:1]I hope those were merely rhetorical questions, Paul. I wonder if I've used a bit of local Midlands dialect that ... a question such as "How do you think that happened, then?" was "*** knows", meaning "I haven't got a clue".[/nq]
I think that's pretty common. It's som
[nq:1]I hope those were merely rhetorical questions, Paul. I wonder if I've used a bit of local Midlands dialect that ... a question such as "How do you think that happened, then?" was "*** knows", meaning "I haven't got a clue".[/nq]
I think that's pretty common. It's som
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At 14:16:11 on Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Phil C. (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:2]I wonder if I've used a bit of local Midlands ... then?" was "*** knows", meaning "I haven't got a clue".[/nq]
[nq:1]I think that's pretty common. It's sometimes given emphasis as "*** alone knows".[/nq]
Or, of course, "*** only knows". Has everyone forgotten the Beach Boys already? :-(
Mo
[nq:2]I wonder if I've used a bit of local Midlands ... then?" was "*** knows", meaning "I haven't got a clue".[/nq]
[nq:1]I think that's pretty common. It's sometimes given emphasis as "*** alone knows".[/nq]
Or, of course, "*** only knows". Has everyone forgotten the Beach Boys already? :-(
Mo
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[nq:2]I think that's pretty common. It's sometimes given emphasis as "*** alone knows".[/nq]
[nq:1]Or, of course, "*** only knows". Has everyone forgotten the Beach Boys already? :-([/nq]
Then there was the man who went to a fancy dress party with a condom on his nose.
Phil C.
[nq:1]Or, of course, "*** only knows". Has everyone forgotten the Beach Boys already? :-([/nq]
Then there was the man who went to a fancy dress party with a condom on his nose.
Phil C.
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[nq:2]I think that's pretty common. It's sometimes given emphasis as "*** alone knows".[/nq]
[nq:1]Or, of course, "*** only knows". Has everyone forgotten the Beach Boys already? :-([/nq]
But "*** only knows" doesn't mean the same as "only *** knows", and it's the latter which would IMO equate to "*** alone knows".
John Hall
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history
[nq:1]Or, of course, "*** only knows". Has everyone forgotten the Beach Boys already? :-([/nq]
But "*** only knows" doesn't mean the same as "only *** knows", and it's the latter which would IMO equate to "*** alone knows".
John Hall
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history
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At 21:05:35 on Sun, 19 Mar 2006, John Hall wrote in :
[nq:1]But "*** only knows" doesn't mean the same as "only *** knows", and it's the latter which would IMO equate to "*** alone knows".[/nq]
If "*** only knows how I feel about you" doesn't mean "Only *** knows how I feel about you", does it therefore mean "The only thing *** knows is how I feel about you"? Or what?
I vaguely rememb
[nq:1]But "*** only knows" doesn't mean the same as "only *** knows", and it's the latter which would IMO equate to "*** alone knows".[/nq]
If "*** only knows how I feel about you" doesn't mean "Only *** knows how I feel about you", does it therefore mean "The only thing *** knows is how I feel about you"? Or what?
I vaguely rememb
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[nq:1]Only my sister blew her nose My only sister blew her nose My sister only blew her nose My sister blew only her nose My sister blew her only nose My sister blew her nose only[/nq]
What's the tune?
What's the tune?
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