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07-22-2005, 09:10 AM
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Adept Writer
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encylapedia
People, your days of using google for research are over. I found this great free encyclapedia that has information on pretty much anything thats happened anywhere at any time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
in one word: awesome. |
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07-22-2005, 10:11 AM
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07-23-2005, 12:11 PM
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Thanks for the warning. i had no idea some of it's content was unreliable. I guess i'll have to double check all the information i get from it, huh?
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07-24-2005, 08:48 AM
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yup!... rule of thumb for doing any kind of research is to never rely on a single source...
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07-26-2005, 10:59 AM
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btw, semtecks... it's spelled, 'encyclopaedia' or 'encyclopedia'
hugs, m [an unrepentant virgo  ]
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07-26-2005, 12:01 PM
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Maybe the former if you are Britannica and want to appear sophisticated by using letters that are dead in English  |
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07-27-2005, 09:03 AM
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dead in english, huh?... try telling that to anyone named michael!
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07-27-2005, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by mammamaia
btw, semtecks... it's spelled, 'encyclopaedia' or 'encyclopedia'
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Oops, don't call the spelling police on me, now  |
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07-27-2005, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by mammamaia
dead in english, huh?... try telling that to anyone named michael! |
I meant Æ that Encyclopædia Britannica spells its name with. I was just too lazy to google or open character map |
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07-28-2005, 08:37 AM
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i'm not sure that will let you off the hook entirely, with all the michaels of the world, but it was a good try...
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07-28-2005, 08:42 AM
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Yeah but they don't spell it Michæl just like I don't spell my name Jøe.
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