Wow. I wasnt sure if you were right so looked it up and expected to find both were acceptable answers but they were not, then i thought english must have switched up words again (like cocoa while the rest of the world writes cacao). But in my own language it is peloton aswell!! I need a mouth dropped to the floor emoticon here, still cant believe it. We clearly pronounce an e and not an o (and it is not like in some languages that a letter/sound completdly gets altered) im sure 99 % would write peleton here if you asked them. We actually say pe le ton (pay le ton) and in english is is more like platoon i think, more smashed together ple to(o)n (or do you say peh le ton?)
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Nl-peloton.ogg our pronounciation, clearly an e
That's not the distinction between a peninsula and an isthmus. The difference is that an isthmus connects two larger sections of land, whereas a peninsula is only joined to one (and an island to none).
Agreed. I see what he was getting at, but it's just not clued well. I burned through a bunch of types of bodies of water, then tried to find something alphabetically between them, and then tried to spin off of the leading letters "is" pertaining to logic somehow. The answer was a let-down.
The clue can be interpreted in multiple ways. This means it requires a little more thought to come up with the correct answer. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. I'm not crazy about "water" as an answer because that would also be the answer to "what comes between an island and literally anything else on the map?"
Two lines that are parallel to each other cannot simultaneously be perpendicular to each other. I mean, sure, they could be perpendicular to a totally separate third line, but then that sort of blows the whole concept of "what is the opposite of?" right out the window; wet is still the opposite of dry even if I point out that I could spill a bucket of water on dry and it then it would also be wet. Horizontal and vertical are antonyms and specify relative orientation in space (parallel and perpendicular do not).
So what did we decide? The opposite of perpendicular is to turn both lines 180 degrees along their own respective axes to create another set of perpendicular lines that are identical to the first set?
I guess "opposite of perpendicular" just means "the farthest possible from being perpendicular". And the farthest 2 lines can be from being perpendicular (90 or 270 deg) is by being parallel (0 or 180 deg), any tiny change of angle would get them closer to being perpendicular.
And (I want to be THAT guy today) this is true in Euclidean geometry only. In a non-Euclidean geometry such as a spherical space, 2 lines can be both perpendicular and parallel (all the meridians are parallel to each other but 2 meridians differing from 90deg form a right angle on the poles).
It can sound absurd if you look at that space from outside (if you look at the Earth's 2D surface from the 3rd D outer space you wouldn't think meridians are parallel), but if you belong to that 2D it is true.
That's also what Einstein's general relativity is about: masses bend 4D spacetime, which breaks euclidean geometry, so 2 massive objects, even with parallel directions, tend to get closer: it's what is called 'gravity'
Out of curiosity, does anyone know specifically why person-shaped ginseng is valued? Is it seen as having a particular medicinal benefit, or does it just look cool?
It has many uses, but it is supposed to help with virility and impotency and the most sought-after wild roots not only have the shape of a man but are "anatomically correct."
Messi and Ronaldo. Rather incredibly, I've seen them both, not in a match, but accidentally outside the stadium. Ronaldo in Newcastle in 2005 and Messi in Barcelona in 2007. How lucky is that?
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Nl-peloton.ogg our pronounciation, clearly an e
1. Peninsula - a broad connection with the main land.
2. Isthmus - a narrow connection with the main land.
3. Island - no connection with the main land.
Peninsula--connected on one side.
Island--connected on no sides.
I understood the logic of the clue perfectly. If this were on an IQ test, that would be the logical order of the three.
But a peninsula is not between both of them
And (I want to be THAT guy today) this is true in Euclidean geometry only. In a non-Euclidean geometry such as a spherical space, 2 lines can be both perpendicular and parallel (all the meridians are parallel to each other but 2 meridians differing from 90deg form a right angle on the poles).
It can sound absurd if you look at that space from outside (if you look at the Earth's 2D surface from the 3rd D outer space you wouldn't think meridians are parallel), but if you belong to that 2D it is true.
That's also what Einstein's general relativity is about: masses bend 4D spacetime, which breaks euclidean geometry, so 2 massive objects, even with parallel directions, tend to get closer: it's what is called 'gravity'
The correct spelling is "Je t'âme". Notice the dunce cap on the a. :D