Author Topic: what I have learned today. (Read 858283 times)

Kim · « **Reply #4075 on:** 07 February, 2020, 11:35:54 pm »

I though they were stuff that fell off a boat and stuff that was chucked off a boat respectively, I don't think whales come into it. Unless the stuff fell off while the boat was getting the Moby Dick treatment, I suppose.

Chris S · « **Reply #4076 on:** 08 February, 2020, 12:02:37 am »

So, is Jetsom Ambergris a different thing then?

That's likely to trigger me too. Using the same fucking word for two different things. I pity anyone trying to learn English.

Kim · « **Reply #4077 on:** 08 February, 2020, 12:12:45 am »

....And today I learned another minging fact about sperm whales. Sort of thing that really makes you appreciate the petrochemical industry.

hatler · « **Reply #4078 on:** 08 February, 2020, 12:18:52 am »

Oh, go on ...

Kim · « **Reply #4079 on:** 08 February, 2020, 12:34:15 am »

That there ↑

Quote from: Chris S on 08 February, 2020, 12:02:37 am

Jetsom Ambergris

I already knew about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermaceti

Davef · « **Reply #4080 on:** 08 February, 2020, 06:46:18 am »

Quote from: Chris S on 08 February, 2020, 12:02:37 am

So, is Jetsom Ambergris a different thing then?

That's likely to trigger me too. Using the same fucking word for two different things. I pity anyone trying to learn English.

I have only ever heard it called just plain ambergris. It is worth a fortune - so if you find a rock like thing on the beach and it floats you could be ten grand better off for a kilogram lump of whale poop/vomit. The jetsam bit just means it was floating debris that washed up on the beach and the whale lightened it’s load deliberately.

When it comes to bowel movements I find deliberate (jetsam) far preferable to accidental (flotsam).

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T42 · « **Reply #4081 on:** 08 February, 2020, 08:37:45 am »

Given the enduring pong, if you took it home in your car it'd probably pay for the new one you'd need. But then the Crown Estates might have a prior claim.

Basil · « **Reply #4082 on:** 08 February, 2020, 09:08:31 pm »

That the phrase "Lashings of ginger beer " does not appear in any Enid Blyton book.

Bit like "Play it again, Sam".

Or, "You dirty rat "

Legs · « **Reply #4083 on:** 08 February, 2020, 10:01:33 pm »

or "Here's Johnny!"

Davef · « **Reply #4084 on:** 08 February, 2020, 10:24:17 pm »

Quote from: Basil on 08 February, 2020, 09:08:31 pm

That the phrase "Lashings of ginger beer " does not appear in any Enid Blyton book.

Bit like "Play it again, Sam".

Or, "You dirty rat "

Isn’t it from “five go on an audax”

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=2ahUKEwjQ_a2u_sLnAhUUThUIHaN4BzgQwqsBMAN6BAgREAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.channel4.com%2Fprogrammes%2Fcomic-strip-presents%2Fvideos%2Fall%2Ffive-go-mad%2F2770269400001&usg=AOvVaw2wJwkO-WZlRX5YNLPemfge

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Robh · « **Reply #4085 on:** 09 February, 2020, 12:14:16 am »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand?wprov=sfti1

“The ampersand is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the letters et-Latin for "and".[1]“

I did not know that (in bold) until today.

T42 · « **Reply #4086 on:** 09 February, 2020, 07:45:06 am »

In some fonts it still appears that way, e.g. Trebuchet: & (if you have Trebuchet on your machine, that is).

Ham · « **Reply #4087 on:** 09 February, 2020, 08:09:15 am »

Quote from: T42 on 09 February, 2020, 07:45:06 am

..if you have Trebuchet on your machine, that is.

Quite a lot of people will have thrown it out

ElyDave · « **Reply #4088 on:** 09 February, 2020, 08:36:12 am »

I flung it as far as I could

T42 · « **Reply #4089 on:** 09 February, 2020, 09:45:38 am »

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4090 on:** 14 February, 2020, 04:13:45 pm »

That love is 200 million years old.

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Evidence of parent-offspring bonding appears around 200 million years ago, in the latest Triassic and earliest Jurassic periods. Fossils of Kayentatherium, a Jurassic proto-mammal from Arizona, preserve a mother who died protecting her 38 tiny babies. For this behaviour to exist, the instincts of both mother and offspring first had to evolve.

https://theconversation.com/the-origin-and-evolution-of-love-131109

No heart shapes necessary!

FifeingEejit · « **Reply #4091 on:** 15 February, 2020, 11:08:53 am »

Quote from: Robh on 09 February, 2020, 12:14:16 am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand?wprov=sfti1

“The ampersand is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the letters et-Latin for "and".[1]“

I did not know that (in bold) until today.

Many writings of the late 19th century used &c. For etcetera

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orraloon · « **Reply #4092 on:** 15 February, 2020, 11:53:38 am »

That whispering on t'internet is A Thing. ASMR. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response

ElyDave · « **Reply #4093 on:** 15 February, 2020, 12:06:33 pm »

yes, t'was on the beeb this morning

orraloon · « **Reply #4094 on:** 15 February, 2020, 01:18:24 pm »

Got it from podcast episode of The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry, also from the BBC. Hasn't worked for me, yet.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #4095 on:** 15 February, 2020, 03:34:00 pm »

Try saying "LUMOS MAXIMA!" to the Google Assistant on your Android phone. I just thought I'd try it since we were watching Harry Potter.

Pingu · « **Reply #4096 on:** 16 February, 2020, 11:31:58 pm »

Gay panic defense, jeez-o

Clare · « **Reply #4097 on:** 17 February, 2020, 12:57:49 pm »

That you can be guilty of sinister buttocks .

T42 · « **Reply #4098 on:** 17 February, 2020, 01:18:08 pm »

Oh I like that.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #4099 on:** 19 February, 2020, 08:33:21 am »

That Heartbreak Hotel has both Scotty Moore and Chet Atkins playing guitar on it. Not too sloppy, the singer was pretty good as well.

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