Rob Kennedy

101 reputation

	101 reputation	bio	website	cs.wisc.edu/~rkennedy	visits	member for	2 years, 6 months
1 badges		location	Twin Cities, Minn.		seen	Feb 28 at 6:57

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Apr 10	comment	What exactly does “President Obama will ‘fold faster than a lawn chair’” mean? I have a friend who uses a variation on that phrase: "He'll fold faster than Superman on laundry day."
Feb 27	comment	What does “something 101” mean? There are certainly 0-level courses. They don't usually count for much. I took Music 060 every semester for four years. It was the one-credit string orchestra for non-music-majors.
Feb 18	comment	Why is there a distinction between “its” and “it's”? You can't really say that nobody notices. I notice every time. And I certainly care. I rarely care enough to fix it by itself, but if I'm editing a question or answer for other purposes, I'll fix spelling and punctuation, too (assuming I'm allowed to edit at all).
Jan 12	comment	UK emphasis on the second syllable vs US emphasis on the first I could certainly believe stressing the second syllable of Yahoo. The company's insistence on including the exclamation point everywhere the name appears makes it clear that the company's name is the excited interjection, not the Gulliver's Travels character. The exclamation stresses the second syllable. The endings of the company's TV commercials reinforced that point.
Jan 12	comment	What is the plural of Prius? Chris Smith surmises, "internally at Toyota it's profits."
Jan 11	comment	Words that are pluralized in the middle? William Safire Orders Two Whoppers Junior
Nov 4	awarded	Supporter