![]() ![]() ![]() That all said, Google is really good about knowing what you’re searching for based on context clues and, if you’re already logged in, your history. And telephone software that’s well documented will fill up search listings in a hurry. People mispronounce “Asterisk” as badly as they mispronounce “ask” as “ax”. Slovenian show dogs are cute, but their documentation is tough to follow. People don’t know how to spell, even professional business types. For a more non-doctor-friendly description, consult our old friend, Wikipedia. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health. The body works in strange and mysterious ways sometimes.įor a completely inscrutable medical description, check out the U.S. Weirdly enough, it’s linked to problems with the liver and heart. It looks like your hand is flapping like a bird’s wing, and is a sign of the brain misfiring in some way. It’s a thing where you can’t hold your wrist straight when your arm is extended. This one comes from the Greek, where “a” means “not” and “sterixis” is “fixed position.” I wonder if you can get this granite in the shape of a menhir? From what I’ve read in home improvement forums (“fora”?), it is not a cheap option. ![]() This is a particularly good multi-colored granite for countertops in your kitchen or for your bar, and can be polished up beautifully. ![]() He’s from Slovenia, which makes reading the rest of the documentation very difficult. What a cute boy he is! I haven’t looked too deeply into it, but I’d bet he’s actually named after our favorite Gaul.Īccording to his documentation, he was born in 2014. They’ve set up their entire business on a very shaky foundation. It’s one thing to goof it up in casual conversation on Twitter, but it’s another to get it wrong as your business name. Yeah, they’re using an asterisk in their logo and referring to themselves as “Asterix.” This might be the most blatant use of the wrong spelling I’ve seen yet. Their big problem is that they’re a professional organization that can’t spell their own damned name right. They are Portland’s premiere “dispensing opticians.” This might be the only time anyone’s referred to a dispensary in Oregon and not been talking about pot… You’d be amazed how many “asterix”-related searches results in this particular “asterisk”.īut, wait! There’s an even better case of a misspelling coming up next: Asterix Eyewear (See previous item.) It’s spelled correctly, too. If you know what a VOIP is, this is it.Īnd, yes, it gets its name from the symbol that’s used in dialing systems. Simply put, Asterisk in this example is an open source system that powers telephone networks. As a computer programmer, I know what it is. Print out this image and keep it near your computer for future reference. The little star symbol that is often used to indicate that you need to look for a footnote in the text, or maybe to replace a vowel or two in a dirty word you don’t want to spell out, is an “asterisk.” The French comic book character is “Asterix”. For the good of twitter, please retweet it everywhere. Please do share this with all your friends. Let me give you a graphic to explain how this works. I think people don’t realize that they’re saying and spelling the word for this symbol - * - wrong. I shake my head every time I see this one. Here, then, are six other “Asterix” search results that are not our favorite Gallic warriors from Armorica. I see them coming through on the analytics for this site and on my travels through social media and the web. People also use “Asterix” in their search terms in Google, DuckDuckGo, etc. I do a lot of searching on the web for Asterix-related issues. ![]()
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