September 6, 2006

I guess the best part about taking public transportation is avoiding the foul mood that comes over me as I resist screaming obsenities at all of the stupid drivers, including illegals. (It's much more pleasant to sit with them on a train.) Anyway, I'm getting pretty good at guessing the age, race, sex and general IQ of most drivers by their driving patterns now. For example...well, maybe I better not go there.

this is awesome

September 3, 2006

This year, Sweden officially adopted 'W' as the 29th letter of its alphabet. In Swedish, 'W' is double V, as it is in Spanish and probably many other languages. Before 2006, it was always considered a variant of 'V' in Sweden. In English, we say double U even though we write a double V. That has to do with the runic wynn and complicated history. However, it is interesting to note that 'W' is the only English letter of more than one syllable, "LMNOP" notwithstanding. And, according to Wikipedia, "this gives the nine-syllable initialism www the irony of being an abbreviation that takes more syllables to say than the unabbreviated form."

Tune in to AM 570 in the evenings and listen to the Phil Hendrie Show. I've never heard someone say "WWW" that fast. Try it.

Adam the piano student by day, Merlin the Magician by night.




Merlin, boogie board, and side-kick big brother, Sean.