> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:06:06 GMT, Mickey
> <mickey_and_edith@sbcnomorephishglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> zob wrote:
>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:16:15 -0800, "fmomoon" <fmomoon@comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "zob" <zob@ cox.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:eaqiq39umu945ubis354q5p8oaubsp2cab@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:07:19 -0600, "CatNipped"
>>>>> <CatNipped@PossiblePlaces.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is that the one that had the question, if you start with 10 and take half
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> that and then take half of the result, and then half again, etc., how many
>>>>>> calculations will it take you to get to zero?
>>>>> The answer to that one seems obvious to me. It only takes only one
>>>>> calculation ... if you take the *right* half of 10. :-D
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Zob
>>>> Oh my....a math pun....the shame of it all! LOL
>>> The sad truth is that in college I had a double major:
>>> Language and Math. (For real!) Heh.
>> Language and Math? Are you my grandmother? That would make you class of
>> 02... 1902.
>>
>> The Other Mickey
>
> That should have been "Languages," plural. It started as a
> French/Math major, which was kind of a cheat because my family was
> French speaking. But halfway through I got more interested in the
> linguistics and phonology of European languages in general and ended
> up with more credits in that type of thing than in French. Mostly
> completely useless stuff now.
>
> However, if you want to know exactly how to hold your mouth to form
> the sound of a German "ü" or a French "ú" (which have no English
> equivalents) ... then I'm your man! lol.
> ---
> Zob
specific. (Which was odd, as her father spoke French.) It was a rather
unusual pair of majors for a woman back then. (I have her diploma.)
Vandar
fmomoon
