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English is weird
Barmymoo:
I had no idea what the reference was but assumed the answer to both is "you ask someone".
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 May 2014, 04:28 ---I like to think before Google Maps decided to stop being fun, typing in "Carnegie Hall" would've resulted in the first four steps being
1. Practice
2. Practice
3. Practice
4. Turn onto (road)
--- End quote ---
Had to check. It does not.
jwhouk:
An old Henny Youngman joke.
"A guy came up to me and asked me how to get to Carnegie Hall. I told him, 'Practice, practice, practice.'"
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: BeoPuppy on 19 May 2014, 13:05 ---
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 May 2014, 04:28 ---I like to think before Google Maps decided to stop being fun, typing in "Carnegie Hall" would've resulted in the first four steps being
1. Practice
2. Practice
3. Practice
4. Turn onto (road)
--- End quote ---
Had to check. It does not.
--- End quote ---
Like I said, before they decided to stop being fun. Back in the days where getting directions from New York to London would include "swim across the Atlantic Ocean".
Is it cold in here?:
From the pointless thread, a paean to the pain of English pronunciation:
http://www.tickld.com/x/90-of-people-cant-pronounce-this-whole-poem
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