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Godwin's Lawyer tells us: "I once worked with a lad who believed 'Frankenstein' was based on a true story, and that the book was written by Shirley Bassey." Tell us about your workplace dopes.

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even though I don't. But you educated me, since I'd heard of Talis and Thales, and it never occured to me they were the same company.
(Schrodinger's Goldfish, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 17:13, 2 replies)
Exactly.
If I wanted to found a company called Talis, I'd probably make a point of not calling it Thales (charitably, I suppose Thales might be pronounced Tails, but certainly not Talis).
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 17:50, closed)
Even
if you were French?
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 19:28, closed)
Some of us have standards.

(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 20:31, closed)
They're not
Well, there's Thales-pronounced-Talis and Talis-pronounced-Talis and they're different companies. Thales is French so the 'i' is probably not quite how you're meant to say that one...
(ChaRleyTroniC is invincible with his chips and cheese, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 20:54, closed)

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