Buying second hand is good, as is waiting for a publisher to publish in the uk, but "by this author, that I can buy today from you" seems a reasonable search :)
Criterion, dammit, criterion! Sorry, but I couldn't stop myself from saying that. Which makes me realise I need a linguistc pedantry icon. Guess this one will have to make do...
I *do* know that, really. Please don't use your angry icon. I was just thinking, you know, another in the list of criteria, and then slipped...
Quick, divert attention. I saw a tourist information sign on the motorway directing people to amongst other things football stadia, so someone's trying.
And there was an amusing exchange on theslot.com iirc. Someone said there would be referendums held. Someone pedantic wrote in to ask if he was sure he didn't mean referenda? Someone more pedantic and presumably better informed said that in the original 'referenda' could only mean one referendum on many issues, so 'referendums' is the only logical english plural. I don't know if it's true, but it's funny :)
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Date: 2005-07-08 05:10 pm (UTC)Criterion, dammit, criterion! Sorry, but I couldn't stop myself from saying that. Which makes me realise I need a linguistc pedantry icon. Guess this one will have to make do...
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Date: 2005-07-10 02:07 pm (UTC)I *do* know that, really. Please don't use your angry icon. I was just thinking, you know, another in the list of criteria, and then slipped...
Quick, divert attention. I saw a tourist information sign on the motorway directing people to amongst other things football stadia, so someone's trying.
And there was an amusing exchange on theslot.com iirc. Someone said there would be referendums held. Someone pedantic wrote in to ask if he was sure he didn't mean referenda? Someone more pedantic and presumably better informed said that in the original 'referenda' could only mean one referendum on many issues, so 'referendums' is the only logical english plural. I don't know if it's true, but it's funny :)