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robgraham writes
On 24 Nov, 21:12, geoff wrote:
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robgraham writes

During some further building work, the mystery was solved. The column
supporting the up and over garage door was open down to the ground. Mice
had tunnelled through the insulation and carried the nuts 20m along the
soffit to reach the main house. Not content they continued a further 10m
to reach the point of maximum annoyance: directly above our bed!

The noise created by a well fed Wood mouse opening a Walnut at 12pm is
indescribable.

regards

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Tim Lamb

Great story Tim - but the pedants are at play too; surely 12pm is 12
midday - post meridiem = "after mid day", *Now I don't want to
question your bedtime activities during the day, but I do suspect you
really wanted to say 12 am - "ante meridiem" = before midday.

Err no

!2 o'clock is either noon or midnight

ante meridian means before 12, post meridian means after.

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geoff

Wrong Geoff - and back to pedanticism; it's 'meridiem' which means
'midday'. So it's 'before midday' and 'after midday'.

ITYYF that either is acceptable

looking in my shorter oxford dictionary, which, AFAIAC is as definitive
as I need to get ...

the first definition (in a whole 1/2 page column)

"midday, noon

another definition

"of or pertaining to midday or noon"

so - if you want top be a pedant, go and learn the 'kin language



Meridian is the great circle of the Earth.

That is the 4th definition - way down the list


Rob

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geoff