Re: [HM] Cartesian coordinates and rectangular axes

MCKAY john (mckay@cs.concordia.ca)
Fri, 03 Dec 1999 08:16:24 -0500

JHC's contribution reminds me of an exchange between a typesetter
of an august academic company and an up and coming young
mathematician.

When confronted with the written "co-ordinate" of the proofs, the
young mathematician asked that it be returned to his original
coordinate. Upon receiving dissent (house style?) he begrudgingly
agreed but only on condition that "triangle" be written as
"tri-angle".

He won his point!

[By the way, this was in the [19]60's.]

John MCKAY