Date: 2010-11-20 07:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erindubitably.livejournal.com
Dinosaur Comics is on my friends list, and for a moment I was confused by the double post!

Date: 2010-11-20 08:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] soon_lee
Definately! We shouldn't take this sort of thing for granite, less the English language revolves into mutual uncomprehensibility.

Date: 2010-11-21 08:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninebelow.livejournal.com
Have you ever seen the threads on Metafilter about which is the correct word/pronouncation for a phrase? They are really something to behold. People just won't accept that they are wrong!

That said, don't "font" and "fount" mean exactly the same thing?

Date: 2010-11-21 06:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] soon_lee
No no no! It should be "font" of all knowledge. Because, as you know, knowledge comes in words, and words come in fonts.

Date: 2010-11-21 06:53 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] soon_lee
...(more) seriously, I wonder if the original "Fountain of Knowledge" refers to John of Damascus.

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