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xkcd: 1.2 Kilofives
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Lynn McGuire
2024-06-17 20:16:43 UTC
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xkcd: 1.2 Kilofives
https://xkcd.com/2946/

Not everyone is happy with Lincoln's numbering skills.

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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2946:_1.2_Kilofives

Lynn
John W Kennedy
2024-08-01 19:24:05 UTC
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Post by Lynn McGuire
xkcd: 1.2 Kilofives
   https://xkcd.com/2946/
Not everyone is happy with Lincoln's numbering skills.
One might object here that “score”, in the sense of “twenty”, has been
in continuous use in English since before the Conquest. One might as
well credit Elon Musk for inventing the Wheel.
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John W. Kennedy
Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!
Dimensional Traveler
2024-08-02 00:56:49 UTC
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Post by John W Kennedy
Post by Lynn McGuire
xkcd: 1.2 Kilofives
    https://xkcd.com/2946/
Not everyone is happy with Lincoln's numbering skills.
One might object here that “score”, in the sense of “twenty”, has been
in continuous use in English since before the Conquest. One might as
well credit Elon Musk for inventing the Wheel.
You mean he hasn't already claimed to have done that?
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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.
Mad Hamish
2024-08-02 03:50:12 UTC
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On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 17:56:49 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
Post by Dimensional Traveler
Post by Lynn McGuire
xkcd: 1.2 Kilofives
    https://xkcd.com/2946/
Not everyone is happy with Lincoln's numbering skills.
One might object here that “score”, in the sense of “twenty”, has been
in continuous use in English since before the Conquest. One might as
well credit Elon Musk for inventing the Wheel.
You mean he hasn't already claimed to have done that?
He was a cofounder of the wheel development company

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