Obviously, I'm a moran.*
*moron.
And then the real problems will begin...I know you're not saying you're a moron but I do have to say....spelling has gotten a lot worse once autocorrect became standard and I'll predict that inside of 10 years, they'll stop teaching spelling in schools. They've already done away with cursive writing in this country...
And then the real problems will begin...
When my oldest was at secondary school she would often correct the maths teacher.Math books as well. Often when checking our homework in class, the class would get a wrong answer according to the teacher's textbook, but most of the pupils' answers were the same. If we had a good math teacher, we would work on the problem as a group and, if the class's answer was correct, the teacher would change the answer in their textbook.
Imo, I think a good teacher welcomes students who are interested enough and invested enough to show that everyone is not always right and that you can always learn. Especially at secondary level schooling. I think it teaches kids that respect is earned not just due to age or authority, but that everyone can show respect regardless to standing. It allows for them to gain confidence in themselves in society. Teens can be horrible to each other and need adults to show them that they too deserve respect and can respect others.When my oldest was at secondary school she would often correct the maths teacher.
At the parent teacher event I told him I had told her not to keep doing it in front of the class as I thought it was rude.
The poor man looked like he was going to cry and thanked me.
Did you go red like a straw-breiry?Also febRUary. God I'm lazy![]()
And it should have stayed thereDid you go red like a straw-breiry?
(Old joke from Scrubs).
I remember watching Project UFO at the end of the 70s and I do recall it made very frequent reference to the USAF's Blue Book investigations into UFOs, with each episode being (loosely) based on the real-life accounts.I have a memory of a short-lived 70s TV show called Project Blue Book in which they dramatised (and explained) various UFO cases investigated, naturally enough, by Project Blue Book. The intro memorably began "Ezekiel saw the wheel..." Anyway, I was amazed today to find out it was actually called Project UFO and I have been misremembering it all these years. An easy mistake to make, of course, but I genuinely remember it with the other title. I'm slightly wondering if there was a different US and UK title but I can't find any evidence of that.
I have a memory of a short-lived 70s TV show called Project Blue Book in which they dramatised (and explained) various UFO cases investigated, naturally enough, by Project Blue Book. The intro memorably began "Ezekiel saw the wheel..." Anyway, I was amazed today to find out it was actually called Project UFO and I have been misremembering it all these years. An easy mistake to make, of course, but I genuinely remember it with the other title. I'm slightly wondering if there was a different US and UK title but I can't find any evidence of that.
Me too, although I only saw a couple. Could it have been in the introduction? Something like; "Based on files from the US Govts Project blue book".I also would have sworn that "Blue Book" was in the show's title!
Me too, although I only saw a couple. Could it have been in the introduction? Something like; "Based on files from the US Govts Project blue book".
Well, not really then, but it was on a blue background!
Interesting it should mention longitude, as I am absolutely certain it has always been spelled 'longditude.'An article from The Guardian May 12, 1944
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-dilemna-dilemma/73236584/
Now that just sounds weirdInteresting it should mention longitude, as I am absolutely certain it has always been spelled 'longditude.'
As a kid I, too, suffered from the "longtitude" delusion. You will notice the slight variation in the spelling. Tha answer is quite simply mishearing "longitude" with the brain substituting a misspelled word influenced by the two "t"s in latitude. It seems quite reasonable until one thinks it through.Interesting it should mention longitude, as I am absolutely certain it has always been spelled 'longditude.'
Is 'longitude' pronounced with a hard G or not? Anyone know, please?
That does make sense.As a kid I, too, suffered from the "longtitude" delusion. You will notice the slight variation in the spelling. Tha answer is quite simply mishearing "longitude" with the brain substituting a misspelled word influenced by the two "t"s in latitude. It seems quite reasonable until one thinks it through.
I pronounce it like the "g" in giraffe.Is 'longitude' pronounced with a hard G or not? Anyone know, please?
G'day O.S., correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't project blue book a Canadian Airforce initiative.?I have a memory of a short-lived 70s TV show called Project Blue Book in which they dramatised (and explained) various UFO cases investigated, naturally enough, by Project Blue Book. The intro memorably began "Ezekiel saw the wheel..." Anyway, I was amazed today to find out it was actually called Project UFO and I have been misremembering it all these years. An easy mistake to make, of course, but I genuinely remember it with the other title. I'm slightly wondering if there was a different US and UK title but I can't find any evidence of that.
Hard G in English.I pronounce it like the "g" in giraffe.
Weren't you thinking of Nena and 99 Luftballons?As a child of the 80s, I have an extensive catalog of 80s pop facts seared into my brain after spending the majority of my time watching music videos. One of these pop facts seared into my brain is that the bnand Katrina and the Waves was from East Berlin.
Except they're from England with an American lead singer..... ?????
Just to confuse matters- Berlin were actually from Orange County California.As a child of the 80s, I have an extensive catalog of 80s pop facts seared into my brain after spending the majority of my time watching music videos. One of these pop facts seared into my brain is that the bnand Katrina and the Waves was from East Berlin.
Except they're from England with an American lead singer..... ?????
I fancied Nena.Weren't you thinking of Nena and 99 Luftballons?
No, my encyclopedic knowledge states that Nena doesn't shave her armpits, is German and the band didn't know there would be live explosives used while filming the video for 99 Luftballons and their terror is realWeren't you thinking of Nena and 99 Luftballons?