Monday, May 18, 2009

Wales: not where we thought

Whatever your precise definition of 'London Welsh', it's a safe bet that you include some reference to a country west of England. You're wrong, apparently.

Wolfram Alpha, 'computational knowledge engine' and supposed future of the internet/successor to Google, launched today. It's meant to compute accurate information on all sorts of things, including places, in a clearer and more in-depth format than Google. However, it thinks Wales is a town near Rotherham.*


Happily, there is more accurate information on 'Welsh'. As spoken near Rotherham, presumably.

* There is indeed a town of that name near Rotherham. It's not usually the only search result for 'Wales', though!

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