Wibbles

Through constant vigilance, I think I've managed to avoid ever hearing more than a minute of one of his songs. Occasionally it has involved this:

Old English (and many other Germanic languages) were originally written using a runic system. It was from about the 8th century that this was replaced with a version of the latin alphabet.

Who knew that the Coffee House had so many cunning linguists?

I'm confused by the term "Germanic/Keltic". Germanic and Celtic languages are on very different branches of the Indo-European language family tree.

I know you didn't want an answer, so here you go: Colonel - meaning the military rank - derives from the mid-16th-century French word coronelle, meaning commander of a regiment, or column, of soldiers. By the mid-17th century, the spelling and French pronunciation had changed to colonnel. The English spelling also changed, and the pronunciation was shortened to two syllables. Kernel derives from the Middle English kernel, kirnel, kürnel, from Old English cyrnel, from Proto-Germanic *kurnilaz, diminutive of *kurną (“seed, grain, corn”).

Also the pronunciation and meaning of words change over the years. Further, a lot of the so-called "paradoxes" are wrong. The first piece says more about the author's lack of knowledge than it does about the English language.

... and Ed Sheeran, never.

Hooker ... a song about a gigolo:

But llamas are so ... not known for living in Nepal.

I notice that the Hyperwaz site has a section for Admiral Quality, who also got banned from KVR. That was a banning I witnessed in real time. It was more than justified.

I signed up for something free from Wuzik about 3 years ago. The offer said you will receive 2 and only 2 emails with the download details ... amongst the several hundred that followed, there were some talking about his mental health problems. The sometimes flaky business practices may be a reflection of his depression rather than any thing else.

That's enough to turn anyone vegan.

Bollocks. Now I've got that bloody Culture Club song stuck in my head. You come and go, you come and go

Shouldn't that be yaks? And isn't parsec a measure of distance not time? (Yeah, I'm talking to you Han)

Not if their name is Boris.

Shouldn't you leave that to someone who is qualified.

Written by an American, so none of it counts as far as I'm concerned.

Leland Sklar - didn't he used to perform with the Smurfs?