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Originally posted by MBiddy
I want to know why someone would make a word spelled like mnemonic and pneumatic. IT MAKES NO SENSE. We have neutron and neutral, why not neumatic?
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Blame the British fathers of our common language. Thay're nuts! Hardly anything they do makes sense. They think it's humorous to make things more difficult.
I know this because I have a father who is half Scottish/Half Engilsh. He's not happy unless he thinks he's annoying people.
For example:
Whenever he buys anything (not mail order) he insists on paying in only those golden type Sacajawea dollars. He carries bags of them around. It doesen't really annoy anyone, but we don't dare point that out to him or it will spoil his fun. Plus, if he's not bothering someone else, he'll start bothering me even more than he already does (Practical jokes are an expression of love in our family).
Never come between an old Scots/Englishman and his "fun"!