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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Digital Lit Post #7

After watching the Beverly Hillbillies and seeing how they did not know what certain things were. How would you explain to someone that does not know what something is.

How signs sometimes fail to comunicate.

Petroleum - A liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present in certain rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil; oil

Oil - Any of various thick, viscous, typically flammable liquids that are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents and are obtained from animals or plants

Telephone - An instrument used as part of such a system, typically a single unit including a handset with a transmitting microphone and a set of numbered buttons by which a connection can be made to another such instrument

Airfield - An area of land set aside for the takeoff, landing, and maintenance of aircraft

Big bird - the were actually referring to a helicopter - A type of aircraft that derives both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving overhead rotors. It is capable of moving vertically and horizontally, the direction of motion being controlled by the pitch of the rotor blades

Million dollars - an amount of dollars using the amount of million; start with units e.g. 1-9, then tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, then million.

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