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Started by Sandra Craft, December 04, 2017, 04:34:20 AM

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Sandra Craft

They've added some new ones since last year -- my favorite:

Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Tank

Quite enjoyed that. Although I have never heard that pronunciation of the word 'maths' before! Seriously!  :puke:
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Sandra Craft

Quote from: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:36:07 AM
Quite enjoyed that. Although I have never heard that pronunciation of the word 'maths' before! Seriously!  :puke:

Probably an American thing, tho we usually leave the "s" off.
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Tank

Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on December 04, 2017, 06:56:23 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:36:07 AM
Quite enjoyed that. Although I have never heard that pronunciation of the word 'maths' before! Seriously!  :puke:

Probably an American thing, tho we usually leave the "s" off.

I think it was more likely an example of lack of talent on the part of the lyricist. :)
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Dave

Surely if it was an American pronounciation then "paths" should have rhymed with "maths" as we Brits say it, short "a". Not "parths" and "marths".

Poetic licence but the wrong way round?

I did wonder if the choir was German.
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Sandra Craft

The lyricist for most of these songs is Middle Eastern (or at least he has a Middle Eastern name), tho I don't know if that would affect anything.  Maybe if the singers had a particular accent?  Who sticks Rs into English words wantonly (other than, apparently, the Germans)?  I know zero about such things -- I don't even hear the difference.
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:36:07 AM
Quite enjoyed that. Although I have never heard that pronunciation of the word 'maths' before! Seriously!  :puke:

;D Not even from someone trying to parody a posh English accent?
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Icarus

Use of the plural term for mathematics is common among mathematicians, particularly British and Oz practitioners. It is the plural form because math has many different disciplines.  Another quirk is to refer to "the calculus"  I do not know why the word the is part of the description.

It may be enough to say that math geeks have their own ways of doing, or saying, things

Sandra Craft

This is the first SSoP I heard last year, and still my absolute favorite:

Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Icarus

This one is for Hermes.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsQOz5sGcg

And this one is for xSP.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99bMtg4zRk


Sandy, the space station one is my favorite too. There is a serious emotional content there. I am sad that so few of us seem to get it. 


Sandra Craft

Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

xSilverPhinx

I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Bad Penny II

Did anyone ever introduce Icarus to Dara Ó Briain?
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

Icarus

Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 08, 2017, 12:38:27 PM
Did anyone ever introduce Icarus to Dara Ó Briain?

I am out of the loop BP.   Who is Dara O'Briain?  My Naivete and other absences of awareness herewith duly acknowledged.  What the hell, I am only trying to learn.

Tank

Quote from: Icarus on December 10, 2017, 01:08:50 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 08, 2017, 12:38:27 PM
Did anyone ever introduce Icarus to Dara Ó Briain?

I am out of the loop BP.   Who is Dara O'Briain?  My Naivete and other absences of awareness herewith duly acknowledged.  What the hell, I am only trying to learn.

Dara O'Briain bit of a polymath TV science presenter and comedian.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.