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You can tell TSE didn't go to grammar school, if only because his threads are usually riddled with grammatical mistakes.0
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Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.1 -
The A40/M40 goes to Cambridge? I think you meant the M11!TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.0 -
It may have improved now, but given the state of the A428, M40/M25/A1(M)/A10 isn't that stupid a route.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.0 -
Is that an Oxford Brookes comma?TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
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O/t but.
According to a Sky newsflash on my phone a 'US electric vehicle maker, backed by Amazon and Ford, is in talks about building a giant factory in UK.'0 -
You probably practiced writing and speaking in different styles and contexts until it became automatic. This should have helped you to communicate effectively in writing, firstly in exams, then in the wider world.pigeon said:
Now you mention it, I think my experience was exactly the same. Even though it was a very long time ago and I have an appalling memory, I can still just about recall one or two of the works I studied in English Lit - but I've not a clue what I did in English Lang or what point, if any, there was to it.kle4 said:
I cannot actually recall now what I did in English language GCSE as opposed to the English literature one.Morris_Dancer said:I learnt almost nothing in English. Far more useful info on language structure etc was learnt from French and German lessons. The English lessons I had could've been entirely replaced at no detriment to my education.
I presume i learned something, but it's one of those areas I feel being an avid reader as a child helped more than anything else.
Most people can’t remember learning the really basic things they use everyday: I can’t remember leading to read for instance, just vague memories of the reading book scheme that I had to work though before I was let loose on the “real” books.0 -
Does the M11 come out directly from Oxford?Sunil_Prasannan said:
The A40/M40 goes to Cambridge? I think you meant the M11!TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
It didn't when I was a student.0 -
Given the linguistic discussion on here, the ambiguity of saying you 'enjoy these mixed sex events' may be a bit risque.kle4 said:I do enjoy these mixed sex events, good spectacle, but it did make me wonder if they would be even more weighted to big, rich nations than other events, due to it being easier to find 4 pretty good participants to be involved, when individually anyone good enough might get through for their nation.
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Exactly. You'd have to be lost to get the A40/M40 from anywhere. The M11 goes from London toSunil_Prasannan said:
The A40/M40 goes to Cambridge? I think you meant the M11!TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.NewmarketCambridge. No other motorways are needed, although the M25 serves as a defensive moat for the capital.3 -
I don't think we have a shortage of giants, do we?OldKingCole said:O/t but.
According to a Sky newsflash on my phone a 'US electric vehicle maker, backed by Amazon and Ford, is in talks about building a giant factory in UK.'2 -
Never mind Latin. What about teaching the noble art? This from Steve Bunce on the BBC's Olympics running blog thing:-
You have to feel for Luke McCormack.
10 years. Youth European. Youth world championships. Full world championships. Full European. Olympic qualifiers.
Maybe 20 major events - I doubt he's had a boxing lesson like this. Even when he's lost, that's what's probably shocking him. That's what he can't work out. At 26, he can't work out why he can't get near this guy after all these years.
That's the class, and that's the gap in class, that the Cubans build in their centre of excellence in Havana.
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If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.0 -
It's enough to keep the boss happy, which is all that matters.Northern_Al said:On Latin. The revival of Latin in state schools has often been debated. Indeed, the then Mayor of London had a similar proposal in 2010, which came to nothing:
https://citywire.co.uk/funds-insider/news/is-boris-johnson-right-should-more-state-school-children-learn-latin/a388437
The last sentence of the article linked to does presage the future:
Or is Boris Johnson a barking mad posh idiot with little or no connection to the real world?
Gavin's proposal is very modest, if one reads the (grammatically flawed) small print:
...the Latin Excellence Programme will be led by a centre of excellence, which will work with up to 40 schools to develop teacher training resources and lesson materials for 11-16 year-olds. Once developed, the programme will support schools over four years from 2022 to 2026, which will be evaluated for future years.
But the standard question to ask whenever anyone suggests adding something to the school curriculum is relevant here;
What should be cut from the he timetable to allow this important new thing to be taught?
(One of the smart hacks some super successful free schools have used is to pretty much scrap options at GCSE and align virtually every lesson from Y7 with a GCSE subject.)2 -
Thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.0 -
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Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
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Yes, it's really great that you're having fun, Max, but no need to diss everyone else. I prefer working from home. I also like the occasional late night out, and when I was younger would enjoy them a lot. Half the problems of humanity come from attempts to divide us into neat categories and sneer at the other half.Nigelb said:
Each to their own, Max.MaxPB said:Report from London's night life.
It's back. It's almost as if the last 18 months never happened. Genuinely think that nothing can break us. London will always prevail where other places won't.
It's legitimately everything I remember from two years ago with the same sad haters who believe no one ever really wants to leave their house after 9pm. I think there's a pretty big correlation between those saddos and the people who think permanent remote working is how we'll all live forever.
Some of us introverts are quite happy with it.
As an aside, why are there no decent breakfast places open in parts of London before 9am ?
That is sad.
Thanks to quincel for the humble header - very good points. Of course, a problem arises from knowing what you're not good at. I won a couple of large Omaha (poker) online tournaments a couple of months ago after making a serious effort to concentrate on them, and decided this meant I was a genius at Omaha. Subsequent results show exactly the opposite...1 -
Looked at the map. Almost looks better, if one wants to avoid the M25 (and why not, if possible) to go from Oxford towards Buckingham, then Northampton and go along the A14 to Cambridge.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Exactly. You'd have to be lost to get the A40/M40 from anywhere. The M11 goes from London toSunil_Prasannan said:
The A40/M40 goes to Cambridge? I think you meant the M11!TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.NewmarketCambridge. No other motorways are needed, although the M25 serves as a defensive moat for the capital.0 -
My Dad once hitched a lift across Spain on the back of a motor scooter driven by a Roman Catholic priest. Latin was the only way they could communicate with each othergeoffw said:Is Latin useful? A colleague once told me he met a group of Polish monks visiting Rome who had their money stolen. Not speaking Italian they sought help from passers by, saying in Latin "non habemos pecuniam". This was met by blank expressions until they met my colleague linguist with his Irish-Catholic background and sure-footed knowledge of Latin.
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I am, always was, always will be.DougSeal said:
Thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
This was a bit of a dramatic flourish and avoid ending up with a what have the Romans ever done for us moment?
For the record, Dave, George, and the blessed Margaret were awesome despite their unfortunate educational upbringing.
Though Thatcher saw the error of her ways.
https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/thatcher-papers/0 -
Greenland just lost a massive amount of ice
With climate change fueling high temperatures across the Arctic, Greenland lost a massive amount of ice on Wednesday with enough melting to cover the U.S. state of Florida in two inches of water, scientists said.
https://mobile.reuters.com/video/watch/greenland-just-lost-a-massive-amount-of-id733572276?chan=8gwsyvzx1 -
ad kalendas Graecas.DecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)
Like everything else to do with Gavin Williamson.0 -
Mitt founded Bain Capital as a spin off from Bain Consulting. I assume you deal with Bain Consulting rather than Capital?TheScreamingEagles said:
Not only worked for but founded.kle4 said:
Isnt that the company Mitt Romney worked for?TheScreamingEagles said:
That's all phones. Autocorrect/predictive text is the bane* of my existence.Mexicanpete said:
My use of the apostrophe is generally very good. However when using my Chinese phone, auto correct adds apostrophes to pretty well anything ending in an s, or where there is a double l present. Without fail "ill" becomes "I'll". Infact I have just had to recorrect "I'll" back to "ill". (twice).TheScreamingEagles said:Memo to Gavin Williamson, can you please spend extra money to teach kids how to use apostrophes (correctly).
*Because I have dealings with a firm called Bain and I also have a friend with the surname Bain, autocorrect often changes bane to Bain.0 -
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?0 -
Otter subjects I guess are English Lit? Ring of Bright Water and so forth?Fysics_Teacher said:
We have a small classics department. Latin is reasonably popular in KS3, but few pick it for GCSE and even fewer for A-level.pigeon said:
Fascinating. I wonder where he plans on finding all these Latin teachers?DecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)
Latin teachers might be easier to find than you think: there are a surprising number of classics graduates teaching something else in schools: our first IT teacher was a classicist.
As to how learning Latin and/or Greek would help with otter subjects: a significant number of scientific (and other technical) terms are derived from those two languages, so a basic knowledge of them can help understand what is going on a bit. Physics and (even more) maths also use a large chunk of the Greek alphabet as symbols so being able to recognise those symbols as letters is always useful. For this reason Latin (and possibly a bit of Greek) are more useful than you might think, given that nobody speaks Latin any more, and modern Greek is as closely related to Ancient Greek as the language I’m using here is to the one Chaucer used.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/010676fc-f13d-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979?shareToken=c6d8fbde166ed1efe466670d4b16f60b
Interesting look at the UK rowing failure. Feel like it's going to be a barren few cycles for our rowing team, hopefully it won't spread to other sports or we face pre-2020 levels of Olympic and sports failure as a nation.0 -
No need for Tarkasm, Charles.Charles said:
Otter subjects I guess are English Lit? Ring of Bright Water and so forth?Fysics_Teacher said:
We have a small classics department. Latin is reasonably popular in KS3, but few pick it for GCSE and even fewer for A-level.pigeon said:
Fascinating. I wonder where he plans on finding all these Latin teachers?DecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)
Latin teachers might be easier to find than you think: there are a surprising number of classics graduates teaching something else in schools: our first IT teacher was a classicist.
As to how learning Latin and/or Greek would help with otter subjects: a significant number of scientific (and other technical) terms are derived from those two languages, so a basic knowledge of them can help understand what is going on a bit. Physics and (even more) maths also use a large chunk of the Greek alphabet as symbols so being able to recognise those symbols as letters is always useful. For this reason Latin (and possibly a bit of Greek) are more useful than you might think, given that nobody speaks Latin any more, and modern Greek is as closely related to Ancient Greek as the language I’m using here is to the one Chaucer used.2 -
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?0 -
Capital mostly.Charles said:
Mitt founded Bain Capital as a spin off from Bain Consulting. I assume you deal with Bain Consulting rather than Capital?TheScreamingEagles said:
Not only worked for but founded.kle4 said:
Isnt that the company Mitt Romney worked for?TheScreamingEagles said:
That's all phones. Autocorrect/predictive text is the bane* of my existence.Mexicanpete said:
My use of the apostrophe is generally very good. However when using my Chinese phone, auto correct adds apostrophes to pretty well anything ending in an s, or where there is a double l present. Without fail "ill" becomes "I'll". Infact I have just had to recorrect "I'll" back to "ill". (twice).TheScreamingEagles said:Memo to Gavin Williamson, can you please spend extra money to teach kids how to use apostrophes (correctly).
*Because I have dealings with a firm called Bain and I also have a friend with the surname Bain, autocorrect often changes bane to Bain.
Most recently on the LV deal.
Ours was only a peripheral role.0 -
"Entomology"?Charles said:
Although Wikipedia’s parsing of the precise entomology of the words always makes me chuckleTheScreamingEagles said:
No, honestly reading Catullus 16 will get teenagers hooked on Latin.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, you're being naughty and you know it.
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*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*1 -
It’s not. “En route” would have been correct but not “towards”TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.0 -
LOL!!!DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
It was the English Language syllabus over the years earlier! Would that have been more to your taste?1 -
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.0 -
Angel of the North, the bloke with his todger on the side of a hill, not thinking of many more.Northern_Al said:
I don't think we have a shortage of giants, do we?OldKingCole said:O/t but.
According to a Sky newsflash on my phone a 'US electric vehicle maker, backed by Amazon and Ford, is in talks about building a giant factory in UK.'3 -
If Mary Wakefield could "emerge into London lockdown" from hundreds of miles away, then when in Oxford why not just cross Magdalen Bridge to Cambridge?Charles said:
It’s not. “En route” would have been correct but not “towards”TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.0 -
Autocorrect… etymology obviouslyIshmaelZ said:
"Entomology"?Charles said:
Although Wikipedia’s parsing of the precise entomology of the words always makes me chuckleTheScreamingEagles said:
No, honestly reading Catullus 16 will get teenagers hooked on Latin.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, you're being naughty and you know it.
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Seeing Limmy's reaction video to Radio 4's review of his memoir I think is a new and compelling argument for independence.TheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.0 -
I’m going to Lord’s on 12 August and there’s no vaccine passport and no need to test negative for COVID. God bless the MCC.0
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Things Cameron got right:TheScreamingEagles said:
I am, always was, always will be.DougSeal said:
Thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
This was a bit of a dramatic flourish and avoid ending up with a what have the Romans ever done for us moment?
For the record, Dave, George, and the blessed Margaret were awesome despite their unfortunate educational upbringing.
Though Thatcher saw the error of her ways.
https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/thatcher-papers/
- Gay marriage
- Free schools
Things Cameron got wrong:
- Scrapping the "green crap"
- Managing the EU
- Austerity too soon
- Sucking up to China
- Embracing Modi
- Arms sales to the Gulf
- Cutting the value of universal credit
- Reorganizing the NHS
- Libya
- Windrush scandal1 -
The BFG is clearly from the Westcountry.LostPassword said:
Angel of the North, the bloke with his todger on the side of a hill, not thinking of many more.Northern_Al said:
I don't think we have a shortage of giants, do we?OldKingCole said:O/t but.
According to a Sky newsflash on my phone a 'US electric vehicle maker, backed by Amazon and Ford, is in talks about building a giant factory in UK.'2 -
It is a sensible temporary measure and a horrific permanent measure.rottenborough said:Steven Swinford
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On choosing between Oxford and Cambridge:Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.Returning to the UK after my time in India, I went up to Oxford for my natural sciences degree. During my time there, I did little work. I am not proud of this but it was the student culture at the time. So I didn’t do very well in my final exams. I had to be interviewed by the examiners to determine my final grade. I told them that if they gave me a first, I would go to Cambridge to do research. If I only got a second, I would stay in Oxford. They gave me a first.
Stephen Hawking3 -
This deserves congratulating.. From the Guardian sports site.
'when Fiji beat Great Britain 21-12 they became the first women from Fiji to take home a chunk of Olympic metal. They also took a knee on the podium while receiving their medals to support Black Lives Matter.
“This team had zero funding and had to use second hand kit and equipment for their training,” a correspondent from Fiji tells me. “They haven’t seen their families for months.They really deserved this.”'
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Late 90s U.K. pop sensation Craig David is part of the Team GB archery backroom team. He’s the bow selector.3
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The area of Florida is roughly a 30th of one percent of the area of the Earth, so it's pretty good as a unit of measurement for this sort of thing.StuartDickson said:Greenland just lost a massive amount of ice
With climate change fueling high temperatures across the Arctic, Greenland lost a massive amount of ice on Wednesday with enough melting to cover the U.S. state of Florida in two inches of water, scientists said.
https://mobile.reuters.com/video/watch/greenland-just-lost-a-massive-amount-of-id733572276?chan=8gwsyvzx
They'd have had more than a foot of water if they'd constrained it to Wales, which is roughly four thousandths of a percent of the area of the Earth.0 -
Irrelevant as long as we have a Tory government as it will refuse indyref2 and Sturgeon has ruled out UDITheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.0 -
Why?! It never ends well.TheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.0 -
Do you have those words saved somewhere so you can repost them more quickly?HYUFD said:
Irrelevant as long as we have a Tory government as it will refuse indyref2 and Sturgeon has ruled out UDITheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.1 -
Hope Dina Asher-Smith makes it through to the final if the 100m but it's the 200m she's best at right?0
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But as we'll have a Lab/SNP government after the next election, might it not be appropriate?HYUFD said:
Irrelevant as long as we have a Tory government as it will refuse indyref2 and Sturgeon has ruled out UDITheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.0 -
It's an autocorrect rule.DougSeal said:
Do you have those words saved somewhere so you can repost them more quickly?HYUFD said:
Irrelevant as long as we have a Tory government as it will refuse indyref2 and Sturgeon has ruled out UDITheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.0 -
Excellent, restoring a subject of intellectual rigour and which is the foundation for most European languagesDecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)0 -
If we have a Labour minority government reliant on the SNP after the next general election which leads to PM Starmer promising indyref2 plus devomax it might be relevant, until 2023/24 it is notOldKingCole said:
But as we'll have a Lab/SNP government after the next election, might it not be appropriate?HYUFD said:
Irrelevant as long as we have a Tory government as it will refuse indyref2 and Sturgeon has ruled out UDITheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.0 -
He also called Dominic Cummings a career psychopath, if I remember correctly. So you can enter that in the "got it right" column.Aslan said:
Things Cameron got right:TheScreamingEagles said:
I am, always was, always will be.DougSeal said:
Thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
This was a bit of a dramatic flourish and avoid ending up with a what have the Romans ever done for us moment?
For the record, Dave, George, and the blessed Margaret were awesome despite their unfortunate educational upbringing.
Though Thatcher saw the error of her ways.
https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/thatcher-papers/
- Gay marriage
- Free schools
Things Cameron got wrong:
- Scrapping the "green crap"
- Managing the EU
- Austerity too soon
- Sucking up to China
- Embracing Modi
- Arms sales to the Gulf
- Cutting the value of universal credit
- Reorganizing the NHS
- Libya
- Windrush scandal1 -
Actually teaching modern foreign languages would be of more benefit. Typical Tory party obsessed with looking backwards rather than forwards.HYUFD said:
Excellent, restoring a subject of intellectual rigour and which is the foundation for most European languagesDecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)1 -
I think he has it as a macroDougSeal said:
Do you have those words saved somewhere so you can repost them more quickly?HYUFD said:
Irrelevant as long as we have a Tory government as it will refuse indyref2 and Sturgeon has ruled out UDITheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.0 -
Mr. kle4, in the dim and distant past, I had macros for my MUD character(s) for more effective combat.
Back before fancy 'graphics' became all the rage.0 -
Most recent CO-CIN report to SAGE demonstrates really well why occupancy isn't rising as fast as did before.
By day 5 around 50% of all patients were discharged (pic 1)
In March patients discharged within 10 days never fell below ~60% (pic 2)
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Our neighbours are on holiday and their cat is home alone. He seems to be feeling lonely and keeps coming round to ours for attention.
Translation into Finbarr Saunders-speak:
My neighbour is away and his wife's pussy isn't getting any attention. I'm happy to oblige and give it a stroke every morning.2 -
That is correct, but all the same the performance looked sub-optimal. And bear in mind that she was the silver medallist in 100m at the World Championships in 2019.MaxPB said:Hope Dina Asher-Smith makes it through to the final if the 100m but it's the 200m she's best at right?
If she's out of sorts, and we know that KJT suffered a serious injury last December and is rumoured to be sub-par as well, then who else is there?
I wonder what the odds are on the entire British Athletics squad coming away from the Olympics with nothing?0 -
There may be a limit to how easy it is for the government to get away with saying to the general market "This is permanent", or "This is until further notice", while allowing "proper people" to infer that they don't really mean it, because it's only a way to help chivvy some of the remaining unvaccinated into getting jabbed, to be dropped almost as soon as it's introduced. If Macron is successful then Johnson will be, but more likely Macron will have his face completely rubbed in it.Aslan said:
It is a sensible temporary measure and a horrific permanent measure.rottenborough said:Steven Swinford
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It already is taught, modern foreign languages are compulsory to 14Tres said:
Actually teaching modern foreign languages would be of more benefit. Typical Tory party obsessed with looking backwards rather than forwards.HYUFD said:
Excellent, restoring a subject of intellectual rigour and which is the foundation for most European languagesDecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)0 -
David Cameron may well have described Cummings as a career psychopath but he also approved Cummings' appointment against the urgings of Andy Coulson. That's two for the debit column in one sentence.OnlyLivingBoy said:
He also called Dominic Cummings a career psychopath, if I remember correctly. So you can enter that in the "got it right" column.Aslan said:
Things Cameron got right:TheScreamingEagles said:
I am, always was, always will be.DougSeal said:
Thought you were a Cameron fan?TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
This was a bit of a dramatic flourish and avoid ending up with a what have the Romans ever done for us moment?
For the record, Dave, George, and the blessed Margaret were awesome despite their unfortunate educational upbringing.
Though Thatcher saw the error of her ways.
https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/thatcher-papers/
- Gay marriage
- Free schools
Things Cameron got wrong:
- Scrapping the "green crap"
- Managing the EU
- Austerity too soon
- Sucking up to China
- Embracing Modi
- Arms sales to the Gulf
- Cutting the value of universal credit
- Reorganizing the NHS
- Libya
- Windrush scandal0 -
To add more context, the area of Greenland is more than one hundred times that of Wales, and more than half of it experienced surface melt on Wednesday, so they are measuring melt of about one-third of an inch of the ice sheet on the half that was melting on Wednesday.LostPassword said:
The area of Florida is roughly a 30th of one percent of the area of the Earth, so it's pretty good as a unit of measurement for this sort of thing.StuartDickson said:Greenland just lost a massive amount of ice
With climate change fueling high temperatures across the Arctic, Greenland lost a massive amount of ice on Wednesday with enough melting to cover the U.S. state of Florida in two inches of water, scientists said.
https://mobile.reuters.com/video/watch/greenland-just-lost-a-massive-amount-of-id733572276?chan=8gwsyvzx
They'd have had more than a foot of water if they'd constrained it to Wales, which is roughly four thousandths of a percent of the area of the Earth.
Greenland has an average thickness of about 5,000 feet.0 -
So millions of children not getting any qualifications in a modern foreign language if they can opt out at 14.HYUFD said:
It already is taught, modern foreign languages are compulsory to 14Tres said:
Actually teaching modern foreign languages would be of more benefit. Typical Tory party obsessed with looking backwards rather than forwards.HYUFD said:
Excellent, restoring a subject of intellectual rigour and which is the foundation for most European languagesDecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)0 -
The Cerne Abbas Giant deserves more attention. It may not be an ancient monument, but it may even be better as a centuries old practical joke.LostPassword said:
Angel of the North, the bloke with his todger on the side of a hill, not thinking of many more.Northern_Al said:
I don't think we have a shortage of giants, do we?OldKingCole said:O/t but.
According to a Sky newsflash on my phone a 'US electric vehicle maker, backed by Amazon and Ford, is in talks about building a giant factory in UK.'0 -
I would make them compulsory to 16 yes but they are part of the EbaccTres said:
So millions of children not getting any qualifications in a modern foreign language if they can opt out at 14.HYUFD said:
It already is taught, modern foreign languages are compulsory to 14Tres said:
Actually teaching modern foreign languages would be of more benefit. Typical Tory party obsessed with looking backwards rather than forwards.HYUFD said:
Excellent, restoring a subject of intellectual rigour and which is the foundation for most European languagesDecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)0 -
I remember more of the 2 months of Latin I did at uni than the 5 years of spanish and 2 years of French I did at school. That's on me, but what a waste.Tres said:
So millions of children not getting any qualifications in a modern foreign language if they can opt out at 14.HYUFD said:
It already is taught, modern foreign languages are compulsory to 14Tres said:
Actually teaching modern foreign languages would be of more benefit. Typical Tory party obsessed with looking backwards rather than forwards.HYUFD said:
Excellent, restoring a subject of intellectual rigour and which is the foundation for most European languagesDecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)1 -
Adam Gemili in the 200m is the only other one I can think of that when it comes to majors he often is around 3-4-5th.pigeon said:
That is correct, but all the same the performance looked sub-optimal. And bear in mind that she was the silver medallist in 100m at the World Championships in 2019.MaxPB said:Hope Dina Asher-Smith makes it through to the final if the 100m but it's the 200m she's best at right?
If she's out of sorts, and we know that KJT suffered a serious injury last December and is rumoured to be sub-par as well, then who else is there?
I wonder what the odds are on the entire British Athletics squad coming away from the Olympics with nothing?0 -
Shelley-Anne Fraser-Pryce has got the best Barnet ever!
Amazing how elite athletes aren’t even out of breath at the end of their races1 -
IshmaelZ said:
No need for Tarkasm, Charles.Charles said:
Otter subjects I guess are English Lit? Ring of Bright Water and so forth?Fysics_Teacher said:
We have a small classics department. Latin is reasonably popular in KS3, but few pick it for GCSE and even fewer for A-level.pigeon said:
Fascinating. I wonder where he plans on finding all these Latin teachers?DecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)
Latin teachers might be easier to find than you think: there are a surprising number of classics graduates teaching something else in schools: our first IT teacher was a classicist.
As to how learning Latin and/or Greek would help with otter subjects: a significant number of scientific (and other technical) terms are derived from those two languages, so a basic knowledge of them can help understand what is going on a bit. Physics and (even more) maths also use a large chunk of the Greek alphabet as symbols so being able to recognise those symbols as letters is always useful. For this reason Latin (and possibly a bit of Greek) are more useful than you might think, given that nobody speaks Latin any more, and modern Greek is as closely related to Ancient Greek as the language I’m using here is to the one Chaucer used.
‘Salar load of bollox.IshmaelZ said:
No need for Tarkasm, Charles.Charles said:
Otter subjects I guess are English Lit? Ring of Bright Water and so forth?Fysics_Teacher said:
We have a small classics department. Latin is reasonably popular in KS3, but few pick it for GCSE and even fewer for A-level.pigeon said:
Fascinating. I wonder where he plans on finding all these Latin teachers?DecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)
Latin teachers might be easier to find than you think: there are a surprising number of classics graduates teaching something else in schools: our first IT teacher was a classicist.
As to how learning Latin and/or Greek would help with otter subjects: a significant number of scientific (and other technical) terms are derived from those two languages, so a basic knowledge of them can help understand what is going on a bit. Physics and (even more) maths also use a large chunk of the Greek alphabet as symbols so being able to recognise those symbols as letters is always useful. For this reason Latin (and possibly a bit of Greek) are more useful than you might think, given that nobody speaks Latin any more, and modern Greek is as closely related to Ancient Greek as the language I’m using here is to the one Chaucer used.0 -
Should we call it the BBC curse....all the athletes they picked as winners and all the focus with mini docs etc, only Peaty has done the businesss.1
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One of the interesting facts is the gravitational effect of the loss of ice. As the ice melts in Greenland, Greenland will be higher as if the sea level has dropped. Net effect on us will be about neutral. Other side of the world even more dramatic underwater. This is obviously only the Greenland effect and others will obviously apply.StuartDickson said:Greenland just lost a massive amount of ice
With climate change fueling high temperatures across the Arctic, Greenland lost a massive amount of ice on Wednesday with enough melting to cover the U.S. state of Florida in two inches of water, scientists said.
https://mobile.reuters.com/video/watch/greenland-just-lost-a-massive-amount-of-id733572276?chan=8gwsyvzx1 -
Isn't Zharnel Hughes the more likely medal candidate from the men's side?FrancisUrquhart said:
Adam Gemili in the 200m is the only other one I can think of that when it comes to majors he often is around 3-4-5th.pigeon said:
That is correct, but all the same the performance looked sub-optimal. And bear in mind that she was the silver medallist in 100m at the World Championships in 2019.MaxPB said:Hope Dina Asher-Smith makes it through to the final if the 100m but it's the 200m she's best at right?
If she's out of sorts, and we know that KJT suffered a serious injury last December and is rumoured to be sub-par as well, then who else is there?
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That depends: teaching enough of a modern language to be any good takes a lot of time and effort. How many people with a GCSE or O-level language qualification can actually hold a conversation with someone in that language? A small bit of Latin or even Greek can be useful in helping to understand quite a lot of technical vocabulary.Tres said:
Actually teaching modern foreign languages would be of more benefit. Typical Tory party obsessed with looking backwards rather than forwards.HYUFD said:
Excellent, restoring a subject of intellectual rigour and which is the foundation for most European languagesDecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)1 -
DAS out to 26 on Betfair for SPoTY.
And Laura Kenny is second favourite at 6.8. Does anyone know if she’s in good shape/form? DAS wasn’t and the market still thought she’d win, so I wonder if the same is happening with Kenny.0 -
Thinking about FOM, and my view that it failed when countries that had nothing to entice British people to live there joined, couldn’t the EU have pumped money into projects that meant it was attractive to live in Romania or Bulgaria? I was thinking building/part funding luxury holiday resorts in the warm parts of their coasts and hoping British tourist would holiday there/the youngsters could work the season for instance
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Well done, H. Resisted the jaundiced, Scotaphobic "propped up by". People say a leopard can't change its spots but that's horseshit.HYUFD said:
If we have a Labour minority government reliant on the SNP after the next general election which leads to PM Starmer promising indyref2 plus devomax it might be relevant, until 2023/24 it is notOldKingCole said:
But as we'll have a Lab/SNP government after the next election, might it not be appropriate?HYUFD said:
Irrelevant as long as we have a Tory government as it will refuse indyref2 and Sturgeon has ruled out UDITheScreamingEagles said:
Keep your energy and focus for tomorrow.DougSeal said:
*Opens PB*OldKingCole said:
Apple gives 2 & 1/2 hours via the A421.Fysics_Teacher said:
Interesting: on Google maps the A34 route is both the fastest and the shortest. Your route takes ten minutes more than it does on your version.TheScreamingEagles said:.
Google route planner goes my way, via the A40.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you are heading north then you use the A34.TheScreamingEagles said:
Reread what I wrote, it is accurate.Fysics_Teacher said:
If you think either the A40 or the M40 go anywhere near Cambridge (or even in its direction) then your geographic knowledge is… what I would expect from someone who had to settle for Cambridge.TheScreamingEagles said:I'd also make English lessons teach the Oxford comma.
I know I hide it well, but I love the Oxford comma.
Apart from the A40/M40 towards Cambridge the Oxford Comma is the only decent thing to come out of Oxford.
The A40 comes out of Oxford if you want to come out of Oxford and go towards Cambridge.
The same way I have to take the M67 out of Manchester when I drive to Sheffield even if most of my journey is on the A57, A616, and A628.
I am right as always.
I wonder why different versions of Google produce different results?
*Sees detailed discussion of how different online maps route Oxford to Cambridge*
*Closes PB*
Tomorrow afternoon’s thread is about Scottish independence.1 -
If we excluded any sport that involves water from Team GB medal haul it would be a disastrous Olympics.0
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Look how much it’s cost West Germany to get the former GDR up to scratch. You’re talking serious bucks to do that to the whole of Eastern Europe.isam said:Thinking about FOM, and my view that it failed when countries that had nothing to entice British people to live there joined, couldn’t the EU have pumped money into projects that meant it was attractive to live in Romania or Bulgaria? I was thinking building/part funding luxury holiday resorts in the warm parts of their coasts and hoping British tourist would holiday there/the youngsters could work the season for instance
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I wonder if the ennobled bloater has been similarly critical of Priti’s dropped ‘g’s?
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I'm on him at 18 for Spoty - smug city.FrancisUrquhart said:Should we call it the BBC curse....all the athletes they picked as winners and all the focus with mini docs etc, only Peaty has done the businesss.
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I fell into Wikipedia and found that there's a giant George III cut into the side of a hill somewhere. Lose America, sabotage the Union with Ireland, and gain a massive chalk monument. Might be a more appealing precedent for Johnson than Lord North.kle4 said:
The Cerne Abbas Giant deserves more attention. It may not be an ancient monument, but it may even be better as a centuries old practical joke.LostPassword said:
Angel of the North, the bloke with his todger on the side of a hill, not thinking of many more.Northern_Al said:
I don't think we have a shortage of giants, do we?OldKingCole said:O/t but.
According to a Sky newsflash on my phone a 'US electric vehicle maker, backed by Amazon and Ford, is in talks about building a giant factory in UK.'
Perhaps if the SNP youth wing offer to trade the creation of a massive monument of Johnson with his Johnson, in return for IndyRef 2, and it might happen?1 -
We did badly in rowing boats on water.FrancisUrquhart said:If we excluded any sport that involves water from Team GB medal haul it would be a disastrous Olympics.
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Most of the first week is water, swimming, diving, rowing, canoeing etc. The athletics only starts todayFrancisUrquhart said:If we excluded any sport that involves water from Team GB medal haul it would be a disastrous Olympics.
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Got one more chance for a medal tomorrow.kinabalu said:
I'm on him at 18 for Spoty - smug city.FrancisUrquhart said:Should we call it the BBC curse....all the athletes they picked as winners and all the focus with mini docs etc, only Peaty has done the businesss.
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I was half joking, but the athletics Team GB has hardly any medal hopes.HYUFD said:
Most of the first week is water, swimming, diving, rowing, canoeing etc. The athletics only starts todayFrancisUrquhart said:If we excluded any sport that involves water from Team GB medal haul it would be a disastrous Olympics.
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It's in the national curriculum, sure.HYUFD said:
It already is taught, modern foreign languages are compulsory to 14Tres said:
Actually teaching modern foreign languages would be of more benefit. Typical Tory party obsessed with looking backwards rather than forwards.HYUFD said:
Excellent, restoring a subject of intellectual rigour and which is the foundation for most European languagesDecrepiterJohnL said:Gavin Williamson thinks teaching Latin will improve maths and modern foreign language learning (and by coincidence, Boris is a keen classicist so that would be a reason to keep Williamson on).
Latin will be taught in state schools to end its ‘elitist’ status
Officials believe subject will help pupils learn modern foreign languages and could bring improvements in English and maths
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/latin-will-taught-state-schools-end-elitist-status/ (£££)
But academies and free schools don't have to teach the NC, which makes that a bit moot;
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Yes and no....yes by expectation and recent history, but most events in the final and how many 4th places? Was it 5?DecrepiterJohnL said:
We did badly in rowing boats on water.FrancisUrquhart said:If we excluded any sport that involves water from Team GB medal haul it would be a disastrous Olympics.
In the athletics, Team GB aren't even going to have finalists in most events. In fact there was a decent number of events, no Team GB even got the qualifying time / distance.1 -
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Better than when we only won when sitting down.FrancisUrquhart said:If we excluded any sport that involves water from Team GB medal haul it would be a disastrous Olympics.
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Yes he was, in the following tweet… with bad grammar!Theuniondivvie said:I wonder if the ennobled bloater has been similarly critical of Priti’s dropped ‘g’s?
https://twitter.com/grumpy_uncle/status/1421345806804787200?s=21
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Double Pfizered as of this morning. How long does it take for the superpowers to kick in?5
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It would be a complete debacle but, unlike the sudden collapse in the rowing, it's been a long time coming. Huge sums of money are thrown at UK Athletics, but it relies on a tiny number of stars to win anything, and if they're all off the boil for one reason or another then they're stuffed.FrancisUrquhart said:
Adam Gemili in the 200m is the only other one I can think of that when it comes to majors he often is around 3-4-5th.pigeon said:
That is correct, but all the same the performance looked sub-optimal. And bear in mind that she was the silver medallist in 100m at the World Championships in 2019.MaxPB said:Hope Dina Asher-Smith makes it through to the final if the 100m but it's the 200m she's best at right?
If she's out of sorts, and we know that KJT suffered a serious injury last December and is rumoured to be sub-par as well, then who else is there?
I wonder what the odds are on the entire British Athletics squad coming away from the Olympics with nothing?
I don't know, it might not be a complete wipeout - one or two bronzes in the relays, perhaps? - but if athletics won no golds it would be the first time since Atlanta.
The nadir of British performance in athletics at an Olympic Games is one bronze medal in 1976, so I guess they've a fighting chance of doing better than that.0 -
2-3 weeks.solarflare said:Double Pfizered as of this morning. How long does it take for the superpowers to kick in?
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Are there any reasons why Latin is taught in only 2.7% of State schools at the moment?0
