[PW] Re: Distaff Math

[John Franklin]

According to my dictionary, the "lath" with the long "a" is spelled  
"lathe". "Lath" without an "e" has four separate pronunciations  
listed, of which the first is "lath" like "path". (The other  
dictionaries I tried ONLY listed the "path" pronunciation.) Related  
to "lattice".

Moral of the story being: don't try to one-up John Dyson on  
pronunciation. :)

-John Franklin
"Two t's, he tells me -- that's to make it clear that he's nothing to  
do with the other branch of the family"

On Jul 13, 2006, at 4:34 PM, John Germain wrote:

> Maath & Laath?
>
> Maathematics?
>
> John Germain
> Jersey
> British Channel Islands
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:project-wombat-open-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On  
> Behalf Of Michael
> Caricofe
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:58 PM
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> Subject: [PW] Re: Distaff Math
>
> "Math" and "lath" seem to rhyme -- but that could just be me.
>
> Michael
>
> On 7/13/06, John Germain <jtg.germainsjy at localdial.com> wrote:
>>
>> Love it, but where's the rhyme in "lath"?
>>
>> John Germain
>> Jersey
>> British Channel Islands
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:project-wombat-open-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On  
>> Behalf Of
>> Shari Haber
>> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:57 PM
>> To: list at project-wombat.org
>> Subject: [PW] Re: Distaff Math
>>
>> John-
>>
>> I love your Sister Agnes verse!
>>
>> Shari Haber
>> MCLS Reference Center
>> shaber at mcls.org
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John P. Dyson" <dyson at indiana.edu>
>> To: <list at project-wombat.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:23 AM
>> Subject: [PW] Distaff Math
>>
>>
>> In the fifth grade, Sister Agnes
>> taught us children Women's Math
>> and measured our successes
>> with a length of wooden lath.
>> She would verbalize the tables
>> but still conserve her powers:
>> I recall that she drummed digits,
>> but the ones she rapped were ours.
>>
>> John Dyson
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