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[edit] CC=Carbon Copy?

I think this claim is probably an example of POV or OR; my understanding is that CC stands for "copies", in the same way that pp stands for "pages" and nn was once a common abbreviation for "names" (hence the expression "N or M", originally "N or NN", meaning "name or names"). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.171.129.78 (talk) 15:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The RFC that specifies the format (2822) expands Cc as "carbon copy". Not dubious.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.6.3

91.152.166.106 (talk) 15:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hundred Years' War

Is that a good misnomer because it lasted 116 years? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PrincessKirlia (talk • contribs) 20:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Groupthink (talk) 20:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mountain (band)

Since the band was often classified as a power trio, even though there were four musicians, could that be considered a misnomer? Under the strictest definition, I wouldn't think so; but I'm just curious. - Cubs Fan (talk) 04:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I rather doubt it, since there's nothing in their name to indicate that they're supposed to be a trio. On the other hand, the Thompson Twins is almost certainly a misnomer, since they were actually a trio (and IIRC were unrelated). 217.171.129.69 (talk) 07:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Items belonging in multiple sections

Some items listed belong in more than one section (e.g. "Guinea pig" is listed under both "Similarity" and "Reanalysis" — it could also be listed under "Association with place other than one might assume", though thankfully it isn't).

I propose that to shorten the article, instances be listed only in the first section in which they belong, perhaps with a system of coloured bullets to indicate other sections in which they also belong. Fortunately "Guinea pig" is the only actual duplication I've found, but there are several potential duplications. 217.171.129.69 (talk) 09:20, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Should all the sectionmarks be emboldened, or just those (blue and teal, and perhaps green) which actually need emboldening? BTW, sorry about doing so many edits today, but I keep spotting things which IMO need to be changed. :-) 217.171.129.69 (talk) 13:37, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
The bulleted list in the italicized section explaining that items are in multiple sections isn't rendering properly in IE6. I see html and wiki markup. I don't know if this is an IE issue or just a formatting problem by the author of this section. Steneub (talk) 19:27, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
That's how this section is supposed to appear; it's a reference section giving the code sequences for the various coloured sectionmarks, so it's important that the code shows instead of rendering. -- Korax1214 (talk) 10:09, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Easter Thursday"

This is one which I would like to add to the main page, but which probably doesn't belong because a citation cannot be found.

In 2006, and again in 2007, I saw posters advertising a club night on "Easter Thursday", but in both cases the date given was that of Maundy Thursday (aka Holy Thursday), the Thursday before Easter. Easter Thursday is the Thursday of Easter Week, i.e. the Thursday after Easter.

I suspect that in both cases the designer was thinking in terms of the modern (Monday–Sunday) week, instead of the traditional Christian (Sunday–Saturday) one. -- Korax1214 (talk) 17:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Complete Clapton

Could the 2007 Clapton compilation be considered a misnomer? It's not technically a "complete" Clapton collection, because it only covers from Cream to Road to Escondido, his collaboration with JJ Cale. It leaves out a lot of good cuts from his early career. --Cubs Fan (talk) 08:53, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] college

"In the United States, the term 'college' traditionally refers to an institution which does not grant doctoral or professional degrees." Isn't this the complete opposite? Everyone I know refers to anyone going to a university as "going to college." Isn't that the true misnomer that should be here? - Mount Molehill (talk) 13:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know about that, but I suspect this really belongs to the "Differences between American and British English" page rather than here; in British English, the term "college" usually refers to a specific campus of a multi-campus university, e.g. the University of London spreads from Chelsea College in the west to Queen Mary College in the east (and possibly further in both cases). -- 92.40.185.131 (talk) 17:04, 8 June 2008 (UTC)