I just looked it up, and apparently it's /ɡɛʃ/.
Never would have guessed that.
Well obviously this flower is pollinated by ducks.
You're thinking of trademarks. Copyright doesn't work that way.
When public officials tamper with elections, it's election fraud.
Just to note: Marie Curie's lab books cannot be handled without protective gear and are stored in lead containment boxes because of all the new chemistry she discovered.
Well, not always: Plural 'they' is a borrowing from Old Norse ca. 1200 AD, and the earliest attestation of singular 'they' is about a century later.
But, yeah, you'd think 700 years of continuous use would be enough to make it uncontroversial...
Never ask:
A woman her age.
A man his salary.
Odo what he did during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.
This works for all numbers ending in 9:
x*9+x+9=x(9+1)+9
=10x+9
It's amazing how often things are similar to what they are.
Why did you build a death ray?
To take over the world.
No, I mean, what mad hypothesis are you testing? Are you just making mad observations?
Look, I'm just trying to take over the world. That's all.
You're at least going to leave some of the world as a mad control group, right?
Sad fact: most "mad scientists" are actually mad engineers.
(Borrowed from a Cowbirds in Love strip which at the time of this writing is inaccessible.)
Cake is Bravetart's vanilla butter cake, scaled down for two pans rather than three and with the zest of two lemons added to the batter.
Filling is homemade lemon curd: zest and juice of two lemons, six egg yolks, and 200g sugar heated until thickened, then 1 stick cold butter stirred in off heat.
Frosting is Bravetart's Swiss meringue buttercream with 1tsp lemon extract and juice of 1 lemon added.
Garnished with candied lemon peel, scaled down to 1 lemon.
This conversation is gastro-etymology, BTW.