Is that a common question to be asked in Finland?

I think that’s due to English spelling vs French spelling. The latter uses a lot of letters to make a sound that could be recognized with simplified spelling. O = eaux

There’s always Google Scholar.

I grew up in Da Yoop. In my high school, our head cheer leader was an expert bow hunter. This “discovery” is not in any way a surprise to me.

Hughes was smart though. Unlike Elon “Phoney Starck” Musk.

They really are beautiful animals. Deadly beauty.

You are of course joking.

Elmo Muskrat SHOULD have his US citizenship revoked.

We don’t. We are in a new era where only one of the major parties is committed to democracy. Until that changes, we will remain just one election from an authoritarian theocracy.

I’ve had several, performed by good dentists. By far the worst part is administering the anesthesia. Second to that is the long boring wait in the dentist’s chair.

I don’t know where in the South you were. But in the rest of the US, when you order coffee you will usually be asked “cream or sugar” in the event you don’t want it black (no cream no sugar), which is the default.

The yucky sweetness of store-bought commercial bread is a major reason why I bake my own.

No. Worrying about this is like making dogs and cats wear pants.