Re: [HM] Sophie Germain & Carl Boyer

Martin Davis (martind@cs.berkeley.edu)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:53:31 -0800

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>><<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!).

Would the students have thought it was funny if the remark had been made
about a male?

Martin Davis

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