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Yes there is, it's also called Noon. 12 AM is Midnight.
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Yes there is, it's also called Noon. 12 AM is Midnight.
Indeed.

The 24 hour/day cycle starts at 12 midnight (usually indicated as 12 a.m.), runs through 12 noon (usually indicated as 12 p.m.)
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AM stands for Ante Meridian, which is before the Meridian.
PM stands for Post Meridian, which is after the Meridian.

Noon is the Meridian, there Noon is noon or 12 hundred hours.
Legally speaking 12:00 am and 12:00 pm DO NOT exist and should NEVER be used in any contract, statute or anything else that could wind up in court (unless a specific jurisdiction has codified the terms, of which I am unaware). For example look at your car insurance card: most likely it states that the coverage is good from 12:01 am through 11:59 pm on dates in question. Now that doesn't mean there's a two minute gap upon renewal as it's legally understood that coverage runs from the very beginning of the day (12:00:00.0001- am) to the very end of the day (11:59:59.9999+ pm).

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They also spelled 'embroidery' wrong on their own shop's sign. Not a thing that exactly inspires confidence when you're in the signage business.

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They also spelled 'embroidery' wrong on their own shop's sign. Not a thing that exactly inspires confidence when you're in the signage business.

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It's like an ad for a spellcheck program that has spelling errors...
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I find it funny that it is spelled correctly in the window. (or so I think anyway)
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AM stands for Ante Meridian, which is before the Meridian.
PM stands for Post Meridian, which is after the Meridian.

Noon is the Meridian, there Noon is noon or 12 hundred hours.
Legally speaking 12:00 am and 12:00 pm DO NOT exist and should NEVER be used in any contract, statute or anything else that could wind up in court (unless a specific jurisdiction has codified the terms, of which I am unaware). For example look at your car insurance card: most likely it states that the coverage is good from 12:01 am through 11:59 pm on dates in question. Now that doesn't mean there's a two minute gap upon renewal as it's legally understood that coverage runs from the very beginning of the day (12:00:00.0001- am) to the very end of the day (11:59:59.9999+ pm).

https://english.stackexchange.com/quest ... unaware%29.
Asking whether noon is A.M. or P.M. is like asking whether the border between the United States and Canada is in the U.S. or Canada. It’s in neither country; that’s the point of the border.

http://www.clearwriting.com/articles/th ... -1200-p-m/

So why not use the 24 hour clock in contracts instead? Or is that an issue as well?
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ORIGINAL: Shellshock

They also spelled 'embroidery' wrong on their own shop's sign. Not a thing that exactly inspires confidence when you're in the signage business.

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It's like an ad for a spellcheck program that has spelling errors...
But how do you know they don't handle embrios as well? That's still a misspelling, but the letter sequence is right. The guys doing illegal abortions don't care much about spelling anyway.
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The only people who are truly interesting in spelling properly are witches and warlocks.
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ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Shellshock

They also spelled 'embroidery' wrong on their own shop's sign. Not a thing that exactly inspires confidence when you're in the signage business.

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It's like an ad for a spellcheck program that has spelling errors...
But how do you know they don't handle embrios as well? That's still a misspelling, but the letter sequence is right. The guys doing illegal abortions don't care much about spelling anyway.
'EMROIDERY' sounds like Droids encrusted with Emeralds. Imagine R2-D2 all kitted out...
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I find it funny that it is spelled correctly in the window. (or so I think anyway)

Good catch Orm. It's spelled wrong in the window banner too. It should be embroidery...not embriodery. They put in the 'b' this time, but switched the 'i' and 'o'.

It does seem a bit odd that they are only open three hours a day. Even bankers would envy their hours. Of course, with all these screw-ups maybe three hours is all they can manage without going to pieces.

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It's like an ad for a spellcheck program that has spelling errors...
But how do you know they don't handle embrios as well? That's still a misspelling, but the letter sequence is right. The guys doing illegal abortions don't care much about spelling anyway.
'EMROIDERY' sounds like Droids encrusted with Emeralds. Imagine R2-D2 all kitted out...

'Roids with Emeralds! Now, wouldn't that hurt even more when that person sat down? [X(]
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I find it funny that it is spelled correctly in the window. (or so I think anyway)

Good catch Orm. It's spelled wrong in the window banner too. It should be embroidery...not embriodery. They put in the 'b' this time, but switched the 'i' and 'o'.

It does seem a bit odd that they are only open three hours a day. Even bankers would envy their hours. Of course, with all these screw-ups maybe three hours is all they can manage without going to pieces.

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My brain changed those letter every time I looked at it. Last time I thought I really checked. Now that you mentioned the error I see it at once. [:)]

The horror of the lying brain. [:(] [:D]
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My brain changed those letter every time I looked at it. Last time I thought I really checked. Now that you mentioned the error I see it at once. [:)]

The horror of the lying brain. [:(] [:D]

I'm almost tempted to call up 314-757-3860 and ask: Hey? Which do you do? Emroidery, embriodery or embroidery? [:D]
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Embrioderry is in Ireland somewhere.

Next door to Hemorrhoiderry.

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STRAIGHT LINE GRAPHICS

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Anyone see a problem here?

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In addition to not using the old spell checker, one of the caps on top of the brick wall is loose - don't walk close to this building!
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The only people who are truly interesting in spelling properly are witches and warlocks.
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It's like an ad for a spellcheck program that has spelling errors...
But how do you know they don't handle embrios as well? That's still a misspelling, but the letter sequence is right. The guys doing illegal abortions don't care much about spelling anyway.
'EMROIDERY' sounds like Droids encrusted with Emeralds. Imagine R2-D2 all kitted out...
Droid "Bling", only for the rebellious ones!
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Anyone see a problem here?

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In addition to not using the old spell checker, one of the caps on top of the brick wall is loose - don't walk close to this building!
And the awning over the left window is skeletal. And what's with the gray rectangle over the right corner of the door?
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