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Nicodemus 2 month s ago
#4 This was imported from the "Linotype" which creates metal letters for printing... hence the name upper case and lower case, since the matrices were stored in the upper part of the machine.
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Delphi 2 month s ago
Nicodemus, We still had linotype technology when I was in junior high. Had to learn it, despite knowing it was not going to be in use much longer.
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Tish 2 month s ago
#21 A little-known but obvious fact everyone learn in 4th grade
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Irv 2 month s ago
#31 What?? Let's see then, you never stop running - the pause to catch your breath just gets longer. You never stop laughing, the pause to breathe just gets longer. and so on and so on.....
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Delphi 2 month s ago
Thanks, Iz. Some great linguistic/etymologic entries here. More, please!
"Well all know the dinosaurs died out a long time ago (~64 million years ago). But what's even longer: they roamed the Earth for over 120 million years.
The Stegosaurus went extinct 80 million years before the T-Rex even existed."
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Nicodemus 2 month s ago
#4 This was imported from the "Linotype" which creates metal letters for printing... hence the name upper case and lower case, since the matrices were stored in the upper part of the machine.
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Delphi 2 month s ago
Nicodemus, We still had linotype technology when I was in junior high. Had to learn it, despite knowing it was not going to be in use much longer.
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Tish 2 month s ago
#21 A little-known but obvious fact everyone learn in 4th grade
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Irv 2 month s ago
#31 What?? Let's see then, you never stop running - the pause to catch your breath just gets longer. You never stop laughing, the pause to breathe just gets longer. and so on and so on.....
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Delphi 2 month s ago
Thanks, Iz. Some great linguistic/etymologic entries here. More, please!