My name says it all..........
Are you average,
by John Doe 37 Replies latest jw friends
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Heaven
It depends on who or what you're comparing me with.
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chickpea
the origin of the word averagecomes from the mediterranean
shipping trade of the 15th century,
referring to financial losses due
to damage incurred during transittwo tracks of descent compete:
one suggests it is from Arabic
arwariya: damaged merchandisethe other thought is that Arabic
borrows from the Franks (west
german tribal confederation of the
3rd cent CE)
OED, my fave dictionary, contends
that It. avere (O.Fr avier):
goods, property~~ from L. habere:to have
meaning shifted to "equal sharing of such loss by the interested parties."
transferred sense of "statement of a medial estimate" is first recorded 1735.
adjective is first recorded 1770; the verb is from 1769.
the mathematical extension is from 1755.some days, i definitely feel like a statement of a medial estimate
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BurnTheShips
No, I am BTS.
BTS
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Quirky1
QL- LOL...that might be a sight to see..
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drwtsn32
Average IQ is 100. I weigh more than that, so I'm good.
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Mary
Are you average?
Compared to what?
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snowbird
Average.
Sylvia