*Alward: Answer to Farrell
eric/cindy bach thebachs@fgi.net
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:15:44 -0600 (00911250944, 004801be1178$4c9f2b40$219da7d0@bach)
from Bach
Okay, I'll concede here. If any mathematicians want to come visit me for
"some" weeks, however, I will be sure to clarify up front that they don't
mean hundreds of weeks. :)
Bones Bach
thebachs@fgi.net
-----Original Message-----
From: ChasKlu@aol.com <ChasKlu@aol.com>
To: errancy@infidels.org <errancy@infidels.org>
Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: *Alward: Answer to Farrell
>In a message dated 11/14/98 4:16:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
thebachs@fgi.net
>writes:
>[snip]
><< from Bach
> _Some_ verses? Till said "hundreds". One minute you are the
college-level
> physicist arguing the precise value of Pi, as in the Solomon's bathtub
> discussion......the next, you're saying "hundreds" equal "some". I'm
> starting to feel like Will Rogers.....I don't have to make up the funny
> stuff, I just observe and report on what is going on. >>
>
>[snip]
>
>Charlie
>To a mathematician or logician, "some" merely means "at least one".
>"Hundreds" certainly falls within this classification. In fact, one
ordinary
>dictionary definition is:
> "4. unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree, etc.: We
talked
>for some time. He was here some weeks. ", emphasizing that a large number
>might be involved.
>