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Latin pronunciation

When I was at school in the 40's our headmaster was the music teacher and he insisted that the pronunciation of the letter 'c' in Latin words in Christmas carols was hard and not the Italian 'ch'...

flipnflap

Is It Legal In The Uk To Eat Shark?

is it legal in the UK to eat shark?

Reddevil1976

Please Can Someone Help Me Figure Out The Maths Problem In This Puzzle?

First puzzle is called 29th May: If plus and minus 155 days are equal then 201 and ABC are equal and 725 and DEF are equal. The hint for solving this puzzle is "not a leap year"...

tali1

Monarchs Became Great Grandparents?

how many english monarchs became great grandparents?...

hippyhoppy

I May Of Asked This Before..

Why on Strictly do they call Louis 'Lewis' not 'Lou-ee' (a-la France).. just a ponder.....

boxtops

where's the cat in the Nativity story?

my sister just sent me this :-) Cat in the Manger In the story, I'm not there. Ox and Ass, arranged in prayer: But me? Nowhere. Anti-cat evangelists How on earth could you have missed Such an obvious...

DSJ

Southamptonshire

The abbreviation for Northamptonshire is Northants. I had always wondered about Hampshire & its abbreviation, Hants. Now my suspicions are confirmed. The full name for Hampshire is actually...

FredPuli43

Give pause

"It should give him pause" meaning that should cause him to think before acting or simply give him pause for thought, is a quaint construction which sounds like C17 English. But is it new...

Maydup

Stratford Int and Stratford station

I need to change trains, getting off at Stratford International and on again at (old) Stratford Station. Is it just a case of walking thorough Westfield Shopping centre? Is it easy to find and how...

FredPuli43

What does CP 1 on a uniform mean?

In Dad's Army, Captain Mainwaring has a square, brown,flash, worn at the top of each arm of his battledress. It reads "C P 1 " Meaning Commander Platoon 1 ? Or something else?...

tearinghair

Paint Shop Pro

I'm trying to get to grips with Paint Shop Pro 8; am using an 'in easy steps' guide, but not getting the dialogue screens it tells me I should. I've never used the program before. Before I roll up my...

sandyRoe

If you had a canteen of silver cutlery with bone handles would it be possible to calculate the...

...weight of the metal without damaging the items? Did Archimedes find the method?...

Mags22

Christmas carols/songs

Doing a quiz - can anyone finish the title of a carol See in yonder ?????? ??? also one A ????? ??? ?????? ??????...

secsee1

Google Maps

How do people show their location by a Google map on their websites, I have tried to copy & paste my location but it will not let me copy the map?

plowter

Are there any towns where horses wear nappies?

Every year there seem to be news stories ahout councils forcing cart horses to wear nappies. How many town does this hapen in? Has it made any differnece to the poop count?

rockyracoon

Shop alarms

For the as few weeks I have been setting off the shop alarms as I walk in and out of some shops, mostly the staff can't be arsed to come and investigate so I just walk off, I haven't pinched anything...

Booldawg

'as you do'

I noticed people using this rather pointless appendage at the end of a sentence; eg - 'I went swimming the other day.....as you do' Why?...

HowardKennitby

Distance of moon to earth

Given that this is increasing, is it known whether it will increase forever or will it eventually stabilise?

jake-the-peg

Is Bodmas a convention or a fundamental feature of mathematics?

One of the regular "order of operations" questions came up in How it works the other day and this thought struck me. Why is the order of operations the way it is? Is it just a general...

ilovemarkb

THEATRELAND LONDON

Other than Russell square what other areas of london are close to the theatres please??

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