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Pi Day: or the world of homonyms, homographs, and homophones

Today is Pi Day, a day, presumably, when all things 3.14159 are celebrated. Unless I have made a typo in the first sentence, it should be obvious that you should not be expecting lots of “Who ate all the pies” chants as we honour the humble pastry case with filling. Similarly, the numismatists among you [...]

Posted on: 14 March 2012 | Posted by: | Comments: 1 | Categories: English in use | Tags: , , , , , , ,

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