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> Policemen, charged with high office but often born of a commoner > strain, struggle with sloppy mismatches, calling a suspect > "the individual," in utter
by biot 15y ago
> Policemen, charged with high office but often born of a commoner
> strain, struggle with sloppy mismatches, calling a suspect
> "the individual," in utter subconscious terror of being labeled
> the sort of guy who uses the word "man."
Or combine that with incorrect terminology such as "the suspect was travelling at a high rate of speed" when they really mean "the suspect was travelling fast". Speed is technically a rate of distance. Rate of speed would be acceleration.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to utilize the commode.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- Natsu 15y ago> Speed is technically a rate of distance. Actually, the scalar component of velocity, making it distance per unit of time.
- lurker14 15y agoHaha. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rate https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rate says "Rate of speed (velocity), in physics" and then https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rate_of_speed https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rate_of_speed redirects to https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Velocity https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Velocity