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A misspelling in English might be made by someone used to a different spelling in another language; for example, "address" is translated "adresse" in French and German. Many Spanish words are similar or identical to English words, but with an "n" inserted, or replacing an "m", leading to errors: "inmigrant" from " inmigrante ", "cementery" from ...
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
Tengujo or tengucho paper (典具帖紙, tenguchōshi) is a specialist Japanese paper. It is an extremely thin kōzo paper [1] that is almost transparent. One of its uses is for archival conservation. [2] It has also been used for lighting design. [3] The paper is produced in the Kochi prefecture of Japan by the company Hidaka Washi since 1949. [2]
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Kilogram' means 'one thousand grams' [2] and is colloquially abbreviated to kilo. [3] The kilogram is an SI base unit, defined ultimately in terms of three defining constants of the SI, namely a specific transition frequency of the caesium-133 atom, the speed of light, and the Planck constant.
The Bears played one of the worst halves of football a team can play in their 38-13 loss to the 49ers. They were outgained 319-4 by the Niners, and had just one first down at halftime.
The TSA officer "was shocked" to find that the bag contained "82 consumer grade fireworks, three knives, two replica firearms and one canister of pepper spray," the TSA said in a statement Friday.
“Hot Ones” is going solo. BuzzFeed announced a deal to sell First We Feast, the studio behind the popular YouTube chicken-wing-eating celebrity talk show “Hot Ones,” for $82.5 million in ...