June 25, 2018
1:30 p.m.
Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca> wrote:
English sports broadcasts still use "nil" for scores, and I have heard the occasional anachronistic "nought"; the cricket term "duck" also seems old, and I cring at the American jargon neologism "bagel"
Also "love" in tennis. "Bagel" reminded me that PostgreSQL has the synonym "allballs" for midnight, which apparently came from NASA JPL: https://www.quora.com/PostgreSQL-What-is-the-origin-of-allballs?share=1 Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ West Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger: Variable 3 or 4, occasionally northeasterly 5 at first in Cromarty and Forth. Slight. Fog patches developing. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.