• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    An Oxford professor named Hall

    Possessed an octagonal ball

    The square of its weight

    Divided by eight

    Was pi times the root of sod all

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    I suppose saying “natural log” invalidates the last limerick - I’ll allow it.

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    Oldie but goodie:

    < > ! * ’ ’ #
    ^ " ` $ $ -
    ! * = @ $ _
    % * < > ~ # 4
    & [ ] . . /
    | { , , SYSTEM HALTED

    Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
    Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
    Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
    Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
    Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
    Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH!

    “waka” didn’t gain popularity among people, at least not among any I ever heard about, usually it’s angle bracket. I’m quite partial to ‘tic’ and ‘tac’. The rest is standard or at least common, IMO | is pipe and {} braces. * is often called asterisk or star but splat is just better. And # is most definitely not “hashtag”. Here’s an overview of what’s out in the wild.

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    Why does “kicking it up a notch” have to entail completely butchering the meter? Actually infuriating.

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    Not a fan of the second one. The first line doesn’t have enough syllables and the whole rhyme scheme requires that you mispronounce Z.

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      Zee was zee long before posh English twats decided to say zed.

      Source: my ass

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        Zed technically came first. Greek Zeta -> French Zede -> English Zed.

        But I’ll do anything to get away from French influence on my language

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      While I am part of the ‘zed’ group, there is no “correct” pronounciation for anything because it all depends on accent and culture. Just embrace the diversity.

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      I respectfully submit that the US should send tutors to teach English to our wayward Anglophone brothers.

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      “mispronounce” Z. Yeah no, anyone who calls it “Zed” are the ones mispronouncing it. Z rhymes with G, P, and V in the alphabet song. End of story.

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          The reality is that American english pronunciation of “Zee” is globally more popular than british english “Zed”. As a descriptivist for linguistics, I believe language IS how it’s used, not how it ought to be used. So I was being over-the-top calling “Zed” a mispronunciation. But it’s just as, if not more, wrong to call “Zee” the mispronunciation too.

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    4 + (6! - 0.5(12^2 + (403 + 1))) = 2(15^2)

    Four plus the difference between

    The factorial of six and the mean

    Of twelve squared and four

    Hundred three (plus one more)

    Equals double the square of fifteen.