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[Bob Fitzke]

Actually, Dennis, isn't AA equivalent to A times A in algebraic notation and,
thus, equal to A superscript 2 ?
Note I didn't splash this all over the list. Such internecine disputes should be
kept from the eyes of those Arrogant Asses. :-)   (And I must confess I attended
U of M grad school in about 1950--though it was a scholarship and, therefore. a
tacit admission that MSU grads have at least some modest capacity.)

Go green

Bob

Dennis R. Preston wrote:

> Ooooops! I forgot to explain that yuppies from Ann  Arbor write their town
> name A2 (actually A+superscript 2) or "a-squared," somehow meant to mean
> "AA." If they had come to The Moo U they would have learnt better math
> skills. (If A=A, what squaring operation will yield the string AA? 0X0=0,
> 1X1=1, 2+2=4 ....).
>
> dInIs
>
> >That should be THE Moo-U to yuppies from A2 (who lovingly refer to their
> >place as THE U, as if it were the only one in the world).
> >
> >dInIs
> >
> >>And my undergard alma mater, Michigan State University, once Michigan State
> >>Agricultural College, is still called "Moo-U". Though usually only by U. of
> >>Mich.
> >>devotees.
> >>
> >>Bob
> >>
> >>Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM wrote:
> >>
> >>> And my graduate-school alma mater, (the University of California at)
> >>>Berserkely.
> >>>
> >>> -- Mark
> >
> >Dennis R. Preston
> >Professor of Linguistics
> >Department of Linguistics and Languages
> >Michigan State University
> >East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
> >preston at pilot.msu.edu
> >Office: (517)353-0740
> >Fax: (517)432-2736
>
> Dennis R. Preston
> Professor of Linguistics
> Department of Linguistics and Languages
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
> preston at pilot.msu.edu
> Office: (517)353-0740
> Fax: (517)432-2736