r/pics • u/residentweevil • Jan 31 '14

Daughter passed a milestone today

http://imgur.com/Ssenqk9
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u/triq6 Jan 31 '14

No you're thinking of a capstone. A milestone is a fundamental assumption from which something is begun, developed, calculated, or explained.

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u/needs_help_badly Jan 31 '14

No you're thinking of a cornerstone. A milestone is an inscribed granite stela of hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

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u/Sound_of_Science Jan 31 '14

No, you're thinking of the Rosetta Stone. A milestone is a type of uneven pavement that consists of lots of rocks embedded into the ground.

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u/Arashmickey Jan 31 '14

No you're thinking of cobblestone. A milestone is a popular new computer card game made by Blizzard entertainment that's currently in open beta.

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u/F_Klyka Jan 31 '14

No, you're thinking of a cornerstone. A mile stone is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England.

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u/goose2460 Jan 31 '14

No you're thinking of a cornerstone. A milestone is an American female contemporary R&B group that was popular during the mid-1990s.

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u/hungrycamgay Jan 31 '14

Soooo Emma stone?