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Sun Nov-13-11 11:22 PM
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BBC Uses Extremely Unfortunate Abbreviation For "Assistant Coach Sandusky" |
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:25 PM
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:26 PM
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2. Them brits... with a sense of bad humor! |
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:29 PM
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:32 PM
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snickering to themselves, no doubt. ;)
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:47 PM
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6. "My, my," someone thought as s/he "forgot" to type it. |
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Edited on Sun Nov-13-11 11:49 PM by Occulus
"What an interesting phrase a missing period makes..."
Edit: Someone needs to make certain Stephen Colbert sees the image in the OP. Perhaps "The Word" can be a simple period.
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:37 PM
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:50 PM
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:54 PM
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8. They don't use periods after abreviations there |
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I was reading about that on Wikipedia (?) and it seems they don't use periods after an abbreviation if the first and last letters of the abbreviation are the same as the word.
For example, Dr Smith in London, Dr. Smith in Boston.
I'm guessing there should have been a "t" at the end and somebody forgot it. :-)
And no, I don't know how I found that page in the first place!
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Sun Nov-13-11 11:56 PM
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9. Unfortunate...and accurate....the bastard! nt |
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Mon Nov-14-11 12:14 AM
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10. The British say "arse", not "ass" (nt) |
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Mon Nov-14-11 01:03 AM
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11. Two countries separated by a common language. |
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Thank you George Bernard Shaw.
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Mon Nov-14-11 01:23 AM
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12. Well he is definitely an ASS, there's no debate about that one. |
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Mon Nov-14-11 01:48 AM
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13. you might be surprised what bbc is an abbreviation for |
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Mon Nov-14-11 02:16 AM
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14. Asst. usually works. nt |
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