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[Muggle]

Uproar as OED includes erroneous use of 'literally'

Pedants will be in uproar after it was confirmed that the Oxford English Dictionary had included the erroneous use of the word “literally”.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Uproar-as-OED-includes-erroneous-use-of-literally.html

Somebody needs to send this to the OED.

 

[cornsail]

I love it. Dictionaries are supposed to be descriptive, not prescriptive. And people need to stop taking the word literally so literally.

 

[SuicideBlonde]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...china-swaps-lion-for-dog-hopes-no-one-notices


It seems like a The Onion article, but it is NPR.

 

[cornsail]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...china-swaps-lion-for-dog-hopes-no-one-notices


It seems like a The Onion article, but it is NPR.

That's hilarious. Except it kinda made me sad because it's about zoos. But still. Sounds like the kind of thing an "It's Always Sunny..." character would do.

 

[Snowcone]

It's no longer hyperbole to say that the NSA has ignored the rules thousands of times annually.

link

 

[Amy SF]

Police destroy organic farm in massive SWAT team raid

 

[Moll Flanders]

'Puma-like' animal spotted in England. When I was younger I stayed in Devon on a farm and some people who lived there said they had occasionally seen a big cat roaming the fields.

The 'Beast of Trowbridge'? Pensioners spy creature eating its kill in empty field - Yahoo! News UK

That's hilarious. Except it kinda made me sad because it's about zoos.

I had the same reaction.

 

[Amy SF]

'Puma-like' animal spotted in England. When I was younger I stayed in Devon on a farm and some people who lived there said they had occasionally seen a big cat roaming the fields.

The 'Beast of Trowbridge'? Pensioners spy creature eating its kill in empty field - Yahoo! News UK



I had the same reaction.

It's not a very good picture, but it looks to me like a German Shepherd/Alsatian.

 

[Forster]

It's not a very good picture, but it looks to me like a German Shepherd/Alsatian.

German Shepherd was my first thought.

 

[Forster]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friend...ches-have-deprived-public-schools-of-5600000/

It involves churches that rent out worship space at public schools. Normally, that’s fine and legal, but Kahle and Huber have evidence that five churches have not paid fair rental price at public schools for the past six years, resulting in a loss of funds for the state of $5,600,000. The evidence that they were at the schools beyond contract hours includes pictures from the churches’ social media sites and their own websites. (There are actually 35 other churches violating the law, too, but these five are the biggest offenders.)

 

[Spang]

It may be manbearpig.

I'm serial, you guys.

 

[Blobbenstein]

 

[cornsail]

German Shepherd was my first thought.

Mine was Rhino. No lie.

 

[ledboots]

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[Blobbenstein]

Flash for crash: motorists warned of new fraud tactic to get insurance cash

Drivers told to beware of potential fraudsters flashing headlights to offer safe passage, before accelerating into a crash
Motorists are falling foul of a new insurance fraud tactic dubbed "flash for crash", where cars lie in wait for victims to exit from shops, car parks or fuel stations. Fraudsters flash their headlights, offering the victim a right of way to join a main road, but then speed up to ensure their car is hit side-on.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/16/flash-for-crash-cash-insurance-fraud

 

[Forster]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/16/flash-for-crash-cash-insurance-fraud

Coming soon to the UK... Russian Dash Cams.

 

[Blobbenstein]

Jaws off Cornwall: Is this proof a great white shark has struck in UK?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jaws-cornwall-proof-great-white-2181232#ixzz2cH0mR8ML
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[Blobbenstein]

 

[Everleigh]

It's completely logical it would happen in the summer as great white's typically prefer warm water 54 F to 75F.I wonder if any attacks have happened when water temps have been lower?

 

[rainforests1]

The horrors in Egypt are being ignored here. We give them a lot of aid. It may be time to take some of that away.