That is correct, even though it never made sense to me. It seems as though Christmas Eve should be the evening of Christmas day, not the night before. That has now led to the paradoxes of "Christmas Eve morning or Christmas Day night". I did some research and one explanation is that in medieval times the new day did not start at midnight, but rather at sundown. Therefore, Christmas and New Year's Day actually began at sundown on the previous evening.
It's mostly because All Hallow's eve just became Halloween, I get that traditions are different but I mean Christmas wasn't exactly about fir trees originally, yet people buy them every year.
yes but my point is that it's celebrated the night before the day considered to be all hallows day, not knowing what Ander said about it you would expect it to be celebrated on the actual day of the holiday. Simply noting that it makes sense now that I know that.
Also what do Christmas trees have to do with this? that's just another tradition that was stolen from the pagans by the christians, really has nothing to do with the whole 'eve' thing
"Tacit, I hate gas, (aroma of evil), a nut, sleep, no meIons, drawers, bards, Eta Delta, ebon, a hare, macaroni, stone raps, id, a lass lion, apses, ore, lines, a loner, war oh, bait I hate! - jam, ugh; cabs, warts too, spas, Odin, roes. I revile dope, naps, a wagon add a sob - oh, damn it~(so do dodos, ahem) - lepers? mark up a love. sips, editors, tops, rime, denim, repose (alas, simoleons), loops, rats, gals, a tar bag and a maniac Cain, a mad nag, a brat , a sIag star, spooIs, Noel - 0 Miss Al Aesop, ermined emirs, pots, rot I despise; Volapuk, rams repel me (ha! so do dodos), tin, mad hobos, add a nog, a wasp, an epode, liver. I scorn "I do," sap, soot, straws, Bach, gum - a jet? ah, it I abhor a wren? 0 Ial senile roses, pan oils, salad; I spare not sin or a camera (ha! no BeatIe), dates, drabs, rewards, no lemon peels, tuna, live foam or a sage Tahiti cat."
Exactly! Kept running through options: Sita? Hanuman? Lakshman? But the quiz seemed pretty America-centric -- it assumed people would know "pop" and who the heck Dale Earnhardt is -- so I finally realized it wouldn't be asking something that "obscure" within the context. Got it quickly then.
Where do you live? It's the most common term for it in the American Midwest and northwest. Even if soda or coke are more common in other parts of the country, most people in the US would at least know what someone is referring to when they say pop. Not sure about the rest of the world, but someone else mentioned above that "fizzy pop" is common where they live.
I live in the UK. soft drink or fizzy drink is the most common here. Everybody knows what Soda is, but it is very American. I have never heard of Pop before until now
I live in Australia we just call the soft drink by its brand name (ie. Coke) or common name (ie. Lemonade Aid) otherwise just 'soft drink'. Pop isn't used to all, at least I haven't heard it before in that context besides American TV/Movies.
I have heard pop and soda my entire life, but NEVER have heard someone refer to soft drinks in general as "coke." I mean, I know people apparently do this in some regions, but I can't imagine someone having a 7-Up and saying "This coke is refreshing!"
Yes, agreed. "Madam" is nothing at all to do with "ill-regard" in its most common form. You seem to have used a highly irregular definition.
"Quizmaster" - maybe you spend a lot of time in seedy places, I don't know! But Madam is a term of pleasantry or politeness. You might hear a shopkeeper or a concierge.
This isn't saying it's the only definition for "madam," but it is distinctly a definition for it. Like "soda" isn't the most common definition for "pop" either, but it is still a valid one.
Fun quiz, and I enjoyed reading all the additional palindrome examples in the comments. My favorite multi-word palindrome is probably "Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas"
Otherwise, great quiz!
cool
"Eve."
Here's one
"Quizmaster" - maybe you spend a lot of time in seedy places, I don't know! But Madam is a term of pleasantry or politeness. You might hear a shopkeeper or a concierge.
Here's how I see this:
A level is used to indicate a horizontal plane relative to plumb.
I use a dial indicator to measure flatness.