[PW] Re: Distaff Math

[John Germain]

Nope; `math' rhymes with, errm (?) `hath' (as in he hath no math).

`Lath' rhymes with `bath'; `path'; `laugh'; `hearth'.

Unless you're foreign, from England or suchlike, when they'd all rhyme with the exception
of `hearth'.

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 David Anderson
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John,

In Jersey, does 'math' rhyme with 'lath'?

Regards,

David

In the Sacramento Valley

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Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: [PW] Re: Distaff Math


> 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
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>
> 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>
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> 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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