Just call it a small concussion that temporarily retarded his ability to speak properly, and some people will ignore the typo. Now, other consequences of that aren’t so clean, but if Medusa can petrify people at will, I think this one will pass without a whimper.
Actually, the abacus (abaci?) is still quite popular here in SE Asia. There are quite a few small, independent schools that teach kids how to use them.
That tends to be true of most languages. What you learn in books and the classroom is not what you’ll hear in everyday life. And in very few countries do the native speakers go around all day asking where the hotel is.
My first calculator WAS an abacus! I even figured out out to compute square roots on it :-) I still have it around somewhere…
It was also my first experience with Dynamic memory (memory that must be refreshed periodically). The desks at school were sloped and the beads would slowly start sliding down, but not quickly so you had time to “refresh” them by sliding them back up again before they got all the way down.
Moi! And that is it for the French. … read the line first , didn’t like it, read it again with the brain being the wonderful thing it is, automatically putting in the word “has”.
johnzakour Premium Member about 11 years ago
This will be an interesting week focusing on some of the side characters. There will be on surprise guest.
knarfus about 11 years ago
*has ( as in HAS good hearing)
knarfus about 11 years ago
Even so, Mrs Jenson did not throw her abacus anywhere nearly hard or fast enough………
timzsixty9 about 11 years ago
and she has EXCEPTIONAL aim!
Emmett Wayne about 11 years ago
At least that is what John is going to claim now!
Thomas Scott Roberts creator about 11 years ago
Nah, just the usual trying to rush against deadline.
b0mb about 11 years ago
Just call it a small concussion that temporarily retarded his ability to speak properly, and some people will ignore the typo. Now, other consequences of that aren’t so clean, but if Medusa can petrify people at will, I think this one will pass without a whimper.
Retired Dude about 11 years ago
I didn’t even see the typo. Just goes to show how your mind sees what it expects to see.
pschearer Premium Member about 11 years ago
My first calculator was my fingers.
dunner99rok about 11 years ago
Actually, the abacus (abaci?) is still quite popular here in SE Asia. There are quite a few small, independent schools that teach kids how to use them.
johnzakour Premium Member about 11 years ago
Yep, I didn’t see the typo either hence the reason I am writer not an editor….
Thomas Scott Roberts creator about 11 years ago
That tends to be true of most languages. What you learn in books and the classroom is not what you’ll hear in everyday life. And in very few countries do the native speakers go around all day asking where the hotel is.
Harknail about 11 years ago
My first calculator WAS an abacus! I even figured out out to compute square roots on it :-) I still have it around somewhere…
It was also my first experience with Dynamic memory (memory that must be refreshed periodically). The desks at school were sloped and the beads would slowly start sliding down, but not quickly so you had time to “refresh” them by sliding them back up again before they got all the way down.
Hunter7 about 11 years ago
Moi! And that is it for the French. … read the line first , didn’t like it, read it again with the brain being the wonderful thing it is, automatically putting in the word “has”.