Posted by Robert Dilley on July 13, 2005 at 19:21:37 from 65.39.13.2 user rdilley.
In Reply to: Re: In PIGEON POST - why make a nugget? posted by Bruce_A_Clarke on July 13, 2005 at 03:47:34:
My dictionary defines a "nugget" of gold as a lump of gold found naturally and a lump of gold made artificially by smelting as an ingot.
True: but these are just kids and probably not carrying dictionaries around with them. Same as the mango/mangrove error I pointed out on the site years ago. Seems to me it makes it more realistic for the occasional vocabulary error to creep in. You should see some of those my students perpetuate!