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- From: nick@cs.hw.ac.uk (Nick Taylor)
- Newsgroups: sci.math,soc.culture.british
- Subject: Re: American mathematical hegemony
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.090615.13184@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 09:06:15 GMT
- References: <2176@sjfc.UUCP>
- Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk (News Administrator)
- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
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- In article <2176@sjfc.UUCP> dlm@sjfc.UUCP (Don Muench) writes:
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- >I believe that most American ("Merkun", to some of you dweebs) mathematicians
- >pronounce "Cauchy" as "co-SHEE", which I believe is correct.
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- I can't imagine the Cauchy pronouncing it any other way.
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- >I have never heard "CO-SHAY",
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- Nor have I - in England, Scotland or Wales.
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- >although when I arrive in England for the autumn term, I'll hear it...maybe a
- >billion times.
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- In that case, please correct them [apologies to Susan Bradley].
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- Nick.
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