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UNBEARABLE THINGS FOR THE PEDANTIC MIND

1) When someone asks for a date of birth when they actually clearly mean the Personal identity code.

2) When someone talks about Scandinavia, when they actually clearly mean the Nordic countries.

This is Scandinavia / This isn’t Scandinavia

3) When someone states the distance between two spots as the time it takes to travel that distance (and usually from a motorist’s point of view).

300 km is a distance / 4 hours is not a distance

BONUS! Joan Baez has that beautiful song Diamond and Rust – but then she sings:

Hearing a voice I’ve known / a couple of light years / AGO