The Off Topic Topic

[Savonarola]

Arboreal 'Snow Monsters' Overrun Northern Japan Every Winter!

I thought these were pretty cool:

[mongers]

When did this* happen?




* I hadn't know people's browsing habit had changed that much; previously people read the internets on a home computer, now a large chunk browse in other places and outside? 

[Eddie Teach]

Check the bottom lines of your graph. 

[Habbaku]

Check the bottom lines of your graph. 

[Valmy]

There was some sort of security issue with IE at some point. So I switched to Chrome and never looked back. If I were to guess that happened sometime in 2009

[derspiess]

Once Chrome was reliable on Android devices I adopted that for all my browsing. Probably happened around 2012-13

[Barrister]

As an Appletard, I tried and enjoyed using Safari on Windows.  But they stopped development of that several years ago.

[celedhring]

I switched to Firefox in the mid-2000s, and then to chrome in 2010 or so. I am: the masses.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I switched to Firefox in the mid-2000s, and then to chrome in 2010 or so. I am: the masses.

+1

[Josquius]

The main reason I find the British snow-panic so funny is that at least around these parts they deal with it excellently, on the roads at least. They grit and salt so much and there are so many cars that snow only stays on the roads as long as it's actually falling in sufficient quantities. In 3 years of driving I've had one evening with somewhat dicey driving conditions due to that, and that's all.

Ok, they don't care that much about clearing sidewalks but I attribute that to not being used to it, and to remote building managers.


Today, I think a lot of schools were over-eager to close. Take one in Maidenhead, which is pretty close to where I live. BURIED, BURIED I tell yout:

Its less the school itself and more where staff and students live.

[crazy canuck]

I really like Mike Duncan's podcasts but one jarring thing for me is he pronounces clique as "click".  I thought it was just an individual oddity of his speech, but it turns out lots of Americans do as well.

[Duque de Bragança]

I really like Mike Duncan's podcasts but one jarring thing for me is he pronounces clique as "click".  I thought it was just an individual oddity of his speech, but it turns out lots of Americans do as well.

Proper French pronunciation. 

[ulmont]

I really like Mike Duncan's podcasts but one jarring thing for me is he pronounces clique as "click".  I thought it was just an individual oddity of his speech, but it turns out lots of Americans do as well.

Yeah, that's the common American (and French, apparently) pronunciation.  Do you say "cleek"?

[mongers]

I really like Mike Duncan's podcasts but one jarring thing for me is he pronounces clique as "click".  I thought it was just an individual oddity of his speech, but it turns out lots of Americans do as well.

Yeah, that's the common American (and French, apparently) pronunciation.  Do you say "cleek"?

Probably, it's certainly the mispronunciation here. 

[dps]

I've heard "cleek" but "click" is much more common.

If my memory is correct, back when I was in school, it was usually pronounced "cleek" but at that time it was more-or-less considered a foreign term, much like "de jure" or "nyet", but now it's more commonly used and considered an English word, the pronunciation has shifted to "click".