http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9713745
I bring this over for one reason and one reason only. Just to show the level of 'smartipantsness' at the DUmp.
I know a lot of people don't know this but ..... when dealing with the smartest people on the internet
I like to point out their idiocy.
Hey, Subdivisions .... You don't pound a podium. You pound a lectern. A podium is what you stand on. A lectern is what you stand BEHIND.
That is all.

KC
PS; it has about 70 replies and none have bothered to correct Subdivisions. I guess they are just sensitive like that. 
While you are technically correct, common usage:
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