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Reps: 8,225,967,629,345,471,488 (power: 8,225,967,629,345,502) | | Originally Posted by Chesterton  Wadding? That seems so odd. I've only ever heard wadding used for something like cloth or paper. If I heard that it would be very unappetizing 'cause I'd picture the turkey stuffed with rags (or maybe gum). 
Its also the term for what is placed in a cannon (along with the projectile):
To keep the powder in, a bit of wadding (compressed fiber particles) is placed at the end on top of the powder. The plastic or paper casing (hull) is then crimped over it. Wadding can be very dangerous, as it leaves the barrel at nearly the speed of sound and travels several feet.
Lends a whole new dimension to dinner 
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10th July 2009, 05:29 PM
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Reps: 8,225,967,629,345,471,488 (power: 8,225,967,629,345,502) | | Originally Posted by MariaRegina Yes I do remember the carbonated beverage item with the following list:
soda
pop
cola
fizzy
etc.
That was part of his atlas.  Must be it, then ...
(my 3 young sorts all say "soft drink" and "soda" interchangeably).
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10th July 2009, 05:32 PM
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10th July 2009, 06:16 PM
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10th July 2009, 06:19 PM
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Reps: 8,225,967,629,345,471,488 (power: 8,225,967,629,345,502) | | Originally Posted by Chesterton I made model rockets as a kid and you had to stuff wadding in 'em. I can't remember but I think it was to protect the parachute from the heat.
Oh wow ! I'd forgotten about that (my brother used to launch them).
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12th July 2009, 12:05 AM
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My brother liked to make those soda pop rockets using fire cracker powder. Could have blown his fingers off. The things that kids will do.
Do you remember those videos of soda fizzies that the folks in TAW posted where guys were dropping them off from church roofs? That was so dangerous. When the bottles hit the ground, they would explode upwards.
Oh now we are going off topic.
Linguistics also involves homophones such as cannons and canons. We have had fun with those two terms, haven't we Thekla?
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20th July 2009, 01:38 AM
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Although I cannot talk about specific questions, as the test copyright is very much protected and enforced, I can say that the test had a lot of very interesting questions about language and linguistics (it is advertised that way  .
Strange too, because many English teachers hate linguistics and do not do very well in it.
When I was taking English 610 - Syntax (or advanced grammar), we originally had 25 students in the class. On the first day of class, the instructor wrote some tree diagrams while explaining the development of Noam Chomsky's Minimalist Program.
When one English major said that the tree diagrams reminded her of calculus and that she did not like calculus, the professor told her that calculus is very important and that every college student should have some knowledge of calculus.
All of the English majors walked out of the class during the break and never came back. Only Linguistics majors (me included) remained.
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20th July 2009, 03:31 AM
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Although I cannot talk about specific questions, as the test copyright is very much protected and enforced, I can say that the test had a lot of very interesting questions about language and linguistics (it is advertised that way .
Strange too, because many English teachers hate linguistics and do not do very well in it.
When I was taking English 610 - Syntax (or advanced grammar), we originally had 25 students in the class. On the first day of class, the instructor wrote some tree diagrams while explaining the development of Noam Chomsky's Minimalist Program.
When one English major said that the tree diagrams reminded her of calculus and that she did not like calculus, the professor told her that calculus is very important and that every college student should have some knowledge of calculus.
All of the English majors walked out of the class during the break and never came back. Only Linguistics majors (me included) remained.
That is quite intresting!
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20th July 2009, 08:20 PM
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I had time to go back and revise my essays until I felt that they were successful in meeting the objectives.
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