Comments on: Tomorrow’s race

By: Another Neil

Another Neil — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 03:11:30 +0000

The phrase “whole turnout” is a new one to this Aussie. I just did a Geoff Nunberg on it. Google turns up 262 hits on the phrase, of which 4 are Australian – and three of those are electronic versions of a Dostoyevsky text (the other is a technical usage in a car manual). I doubt it’s quite as common as John thinks. Perhaps its common in Queensland, among the internet illiterate?

By: John Quiggin

John Quiggin — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:22:25 +0000

Neil gets the prize for spotting the hidden clue. The other was the colloquialism “whole turnout” (common in Australia) where the straight reading would have had “turnout”.

By: neil

neil — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:15:36 +0000

Tsk tsk… you gave it away. Election Day in the States isn’t the first Tuesday, it’s the Tuesday after the first Monday. Not that this information will be relevant any time before Nov. 8, 2016.

By: Factory

Factory — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:34:39 +0000

Unusual things about the Melbourne Cup: – it’s a public holiday centred around a commercial sporting event. – it’s always on a Tuesday, ergo just about every worker gets a day off on the monday too.

By: John Quiggin

John Quiggin — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 08:22:23 +0000

Out of CT loyalty, I’m backing Winning Belle.

By: Ian Whitchurch

Ian Whitchurch — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 08:17:20 +0000

John, So who’s your tip ?

By: schwa

schwa — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 07:51:20 +0000

Smarta—se. :)