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But if instead of an infinite number of flips, flipping stops after some finite time, say 1,000,000 flips, then the probability of getting an all-heads sequence, ,,, would no longer be 0, while the probability of getting at least one tails, ,,, would no longer be 1 (i.e., the event is no longer almost sure).
In other words, there is a pre-existent link between crown and monarchy. [20] On the other hand, when Ghil'ad Zuckermann argues that the Israeli language is a "phoenicuckoo cross with some magpie characteristics", he is using metaphor. [21]: 4 There is no physical link between a language and a bird.
Slovene – Ob svetem Nikoli is a wordplay that literally means "on St. Nicholas' feast day". The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly ...
Malapropism: incorrect usage of a word by substituting a similar-sounding word with different meaning; Neologism: creating new words Phono-semantic matching: camouflaged/pun borrowing in which a foreign word is matched with a phonetically and semantically similar pre-existent native word (related to folk etymology)
To begin, “Sure Thing” was almost given to another superstar. “Miguel’s manager sent it to me, and I wanted it for Usher,” remembers Mark Pitts, RCA president and the song’s original A&R.
cattalo, from cattle and buffalo [2]; donkra, from donkey and zebra (progeny of donkey stallion and zebra mare) cf. zedonk below; llamanaco, from llama and guanaco [3]; wholphin, from whale and dolphin [2]
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boing, -s / ˈ-ɔɪ ŋ,-z / rhymes with doing (etymology 2), the sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object, and toing/toings, the sound of a metallic vibration. bombed / ˈ-ɒ m d / rhymes with glommed, American slang for 'attached'. [8] cairn rhymes with bairn, a Northern English and Scottish word meaning child ...