http://www.esztersblog.com/2009/06/19/xkcd-rocks/ social commentary, gadgets, art, travel and whatever else comes to mind Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:56:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.esztersblog.com/2009/06/19/xkcd-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-14409 eszter Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:26:10 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2009/06/19/xkcd-rocks/#comment-14409 If you don’t get the cartoon, by the way, don’t feel badly. It looks like you’re not alone. A search on <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=paul+erdos" rel="nofollow">Paul Erdős</a> is now showing up on the <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=paul%20erdos&date=2009-6-19&sa=X" rel="nofollow">Google Hot Trends</a> page.:) (HT <a href="http://twitter.com/bradbuset/status/2237611727" rel="nofollow">@bradbuset</a>) If you don’t get the cartoon, by the way, don’t feel badly. It looks like you’re not alone. A search on Paul Erdős is now showing up on the Google Hot Trends page.:) (HT @bradbuset)

]]> http://www.esztersblog.com/2009/06/19/xkcd-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-14408 eszter Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:03:32 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2009/06/19/xkcd-rocks/#comment-14408 Erdős’s name is spelled with a short not a long umlaut on the o. Hungarian distinguishes between the two, the two are pronounced differently (albeit likely difficult to appreciate for a non-Native speaker) and seeing one versus the other is confusing. Erdős’s name is spelled with a short not a long umlaut on the o. Hungarian distinguishes between the two, the two are pronounced differently (albeit likely difficult to appreciate for a non-Native speaker) and seeing one versus the other is confusing.

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