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Copyright protection was my first thought too, similar to how cartographers used to put “bunnies” in their maps to identify copycats. https://www.sfgate.com/ne
by ben174 6y ago
Copyright protection was my first thought too, similar to how cartographers used to put “bunnies” in their maps to identify copycats.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Mapmakers-sleight-of-hand-Cartographers-put-2889584.php https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Mapmakers-sleight-of-han...
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoYeah I thought 'Dord' would be a word like that when I read the headline.
- lyall 6y agoNot just used to! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiATy-FfjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiATy-FfjI
- tkgally 6y agoA possible lexicographic example of a bunny is the entry "hink" in the first edition of the Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary [1]. I thought it was a mistake when I first learned about it, but some sources state that it was put there deliberately [2] [3]. [1] http://gally.net/leavings/00/0091.html http://gally.net/leavings/00/0091.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographic_error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographic_error [3] http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2001-December/019104.html http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2001-Decemb...
- mark-r 6y agoI've found that police use the word "hinky" to describe something suspiciously strange. I've never heard the word used by anybody else.
- C1sc0cat 6y agoYou don't watch NCIS ?
- hughdbrown 6y agoFrom The Fugitive (25 seconds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdPciselWuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdPciselWuo