>> 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
