OT: Mathematics [was: The hoard speaks -- or writes?]

[Wilson Gray]

Mark, I'm touched. That was so poignant!

-Wilson

On 5/10/07, Mark A. Mandel <mamandel at ldc.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Jim Parish writ:
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> >I'll admit it, I've been poined.
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> Which makes his message the "poined" letter.
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> m a m
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