what is 'tubthumping' anyhow?
is it something to do with my beloved soapbox?
col.
what is 'tubthumping' anyhow?
is it something to do with my beloved soapbox?
col.
> I have seen these mentioned:
> -Latin is a good choice for the general language of science - not so old
> theory, than one might think.
> -French is suitable for mathematics due to its precision.
> -German numbers are a handicap: For example 21 is einundzwanzig, "one and
> twenty".
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> > I have seen these mentioned:
> > -Latin is a good choice for the general language of science - not so old
> > theory, than one might think.
> > -French is suitable for mathematics due to its precision.
> > -German numbers are a handicap: For example 21 is einundzwanzig, "one
and
> > twenty".
> Now that's funny. 21 is twentyone in English and Einundzwanzig in
> German,
> do you know what 80 is in French: it's 4 times 20. So if the way of
> expressing
> numbers in a language determines it's suitability for math, then French
> really
> shouldn't qualify... ;^)
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