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4061This cracked me up - I had no idea there were names for these. (lol). JARNS, NITStan-5/17/2009
4060Great list. I'd heard of 2 of them - mostly because of crossword puzzles - SmoothSail-5/17/2009
405933 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names 1. AGLET - The plain or ornamental Stan-5/17/2009
4058>>Having not read the link, I would say that the unfortunate wording makesCogito-5/1/2009
4057>>"An off-duty Essex police officer could face charges for shooting hCogito-5/1/2009
4056Having not read the link, I would say that the unfortunate wording makes the neiStan-5/1/2009
4055... "An off-duty Essex police officer could face charges for shooting TimF-5/1/2009
4054collective noun list: users.tinyonline.co.ukStan-4/26/2009
4053Proofreading marks and how to use them: eeicom.comStan-4/22/2009
4052The I’s Have It By PATRICIA T. O’CONNER and STEWART KELLERMAN Published: FebruaTimF-2/24/2009
4051>>"I had to make a final decision on this," he said Friday. &quoCogito-2/2/2009
4050Well, what can you expect from the Brits? They don't even use the correct nJim S-2/1/2009
4049Apostrophe now: backlash begins Removing apostrophes from road signs will cause Tom Clarke-1/31/2009
4048"We keep debating apostrophes in meetings and we have other things to do.&qJim S-1/31/2009
4047Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain By MEERA SELVA, Associated PressTom Clarke-1/31/2009
4046Humor of the Day: Check Your Kid's Homework mjperry.blogspot.comTimF-1/13/2009
4045bbspot.comTimF-1/9/2009
4044Honest to a Fault By Steven D. Levitt The American Economic Association meetingTimF-1/7/2009
4043Classroom Howlers 2008 phibetacons.nationalreview.com Most of the errors are hTimF112/29/2008
4042Syllepsis, aka WTF Coordination itre.cis.upenn.eduTimF111/7/2008
4041Washington Post's Style Invitational The Washington Post's Style InvitaKitskid-11/1/2008
4040E-mail error ends up on road sign When officials asked for the Welsh translatioTimF-10/31/2008
4039Sex and the semicolon The punctuation mark that makes men tremble By Jan FreemaTom Clarke-8/24/2008
4038BEIJING SIGNS blogs.herald.comTimF-8/13/2008
4037Everiday Shanghai Engrish kennysia.comTimF-8/12/2008
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