Comments on: From fishapod to FAIL http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/08/22/from-fishapod-to-fail/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ypip http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/08/22/from-fishapod-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-24459 Ypip Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:30:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/08/22/from-fishapod-to-fail/#comment-24459 Words amazingly cross cultural lines. The Oxford Manderin Chinese Dictionary translator for example (story of the Chinese Zodiac). Compounds? Or take Inukituk for instance. The alphabet is derived of the Cree I think. Recently Ottawa misconscrewed Iqaluit by placing an added 'u' in it. On the redtape media blocker for the PMO's podium it read: Ottawa: "Iqualuit" or Ottawa: "people with unwiped bums" the living nonstandard gaffe running around as Ben would say. Great Blog Carl, thanks: Ypip Words amazingly cross cultural lines. The Oxford Manderin Chinese Dictionary translator for example (story of the Chinese Zodiac).

Compounds? Or take Inukituk for instance. The alphabet is derived of the Cree I think. Recently Ottawa misconscrewed Iqaluit by placing an added ‘u’ in it. On the redtape media blocker for the PMO’s podium it read:

Ottawa:
“Iqualuit”

or

Ottawa:
“people with unwiped bums”

the living nonstandard gaffe running around as Ben would say.

Great Blog Carl, thanks:
Ypip

]]> By: AdamK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/08/22/from-fishapod-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-24001 AdamK Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:58:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/08/22/from-fishapod-to-fail/#comment-24001 I really enjoyed this. Can't have too many Zimmers. I really enjoyed this. Can’t have too many Zimmers.

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