Re: [HM] Sophie Germain & Carl Boyer

Gordon Fisher (gfisher@shentel.net)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:29:09

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At 07:41 AM 11/10/98 EST, Everdell@aol.com wrote:
>Writes Gordon Fisher:
>
><<Hypatia has 3 index entries, although 2 of them only lead to her use for
>dating purposes.>>
>
>Did anyone else chuckle at this? My high-school juniors and seniors of both
>sexes thought it a hilariously unfortunate choice of words.
>
>-Bill Everdell, Brooklyn
>
>

You know, I'm an unrepentant punster, but I never noticed the double
meaning here. But then I've been married for 47 years (to the same person!).

Gordon Fisher gfisher@shentel.net

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