15th March 2008, 1:24 AM
Let's do something boring and list weirdnesses in English.
Ever notice that we used to say "1984" as "nineteen eighty-four" but in the present day we say "2008" as "two-thousand eight" instead of "twenty oh-eight"?
Will we still be doing this when 2010 rolls around, or will it still be "two-thousand ten" instead of "twenty ten"?
Ever notice that we used to say "1984" as "nineteen eighty-four" but in the present day we say "2008" as "two-thousand eight" instead of "twenty oh-eight"?
Will we still be doing this when 2010 rolls around, or will it still be "two-thousand ten" instead of "twenty ten"?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)