Seasons

And here's a followup report:

http://www.scrappleface.com/MT/archives/002050.html

Completele unrelated, but amusing: "Hu" is in China?

http://www.yellowbridge.com/humor/husonfirst.html

Saw this one on Fark...

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/5305/baghdadbob4kl.jpg

"There are NO infidel action dolls in Iraq!"

Just a random thought: Why do they define "read" in the dictionary? Why would you need that definiton? Do they just feel like putting every word in?

Even better: Why is the word 'word' in the dictionary?

Word I can see, as there are a number of variations (like the angel Metatron, who embodies The Word in xian mythology; or 'When you see yo mamma tell her I said 'word-up yo''
but "Dictionary"
how would you know to look it up if you didnt already know its definition?

Slightly to the left of that, I've always liked the dry, self-deprecating nature of Samuel Johnson's definition of lexicographer in his eighteenth century dictionary:
"Lexicographer: n. A writer of dictionaries. A harmless drudge."

I think that lexicographers have lost even that sense of humor. Once on deviant art I posted to the forums: "Should we accept 'teh' as a proper spelling"- I was kidding of course, but GOOD GOD I thought I was going to be lynched by the proper-grammar mob! Seriously: people freaked the fuck out that I even suggested it.

-oh, and after I made the dictionary comment above I thought "maybe for spelling" but even that is written pretty plainly on the cover...

You might want to know the etymology of the word or something.

"xian"? Pretty weird abbreviation if you ask me.

x as in x-mass.

-and also it supposidly was an X that people in them days were being crucified on as opposet to the more familiar lower case t (sans serrif)

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