Comments on: New Literary History http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182512 Matt Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:29:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182512 One more, while we're in the realm of physics: Steve Weinberg returning from Texas Brings dimensions galore to perplex us But the others are all Wrapped up in a ball So tiny it never affects us One more, while we’re in the realm of physics:

Steve Weinberg returning from Texas
Brings dimensions galore to perplex us
But the others are all
Wrapped up in a ball
So tiny it never affects us

]]> By: ben wolfson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182489 ben wolfson Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:17:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182489 9 is better known with a last line concerning how "his dong was reduced to a disk". 9 is better known with a last line concerning how “his dong was reduced to a disk”.

]]> By: Steve LaBonne http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182472 Steve LaBonne Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:14:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182472 In American (not sure about English), "hors d'oeuvres" means "appetizers" and is pronounced "ore derves". In American (not sure about English), “hors d’oeuvres” means “appetizers” and is pronounced “ore derves”.

]]> By: Kenny Easwaran http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182461 Kenny Easwaran Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:15:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182461 Wow - I've never heard that word pronounced in a way to make that rhyme. But I've heard it pronounced lots of different way, and don't know how I would go about pronouncing it (in English). Wow – I’ve never heard that word pronounced in a way to make that rhyme. But I’ve heard it pronounced lots of different way, and don’t know how I would go about pronouncing it (in English).

]]> By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182460 bad Jim Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:45:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182460 That polymath Gauss had the nerve to sum us all up in a curve statistics made clear geometry queer and that's just a part of his oeuvre. Bad enough? That polymath Gauss had the nerve
to sum us all up in a curve
statistics made clear
geometry queer
and that’s just a part of his oeuvre.

Bad enough?

]]> By: Jake http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182459 Jake Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:38:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182459 Never mind, it's back in print in paperback. Never mind, it’s back in print in paperback.

]]> By: Jake http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182458 Jake Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:34:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182458 Or... There was a young lady named Bright Who traveled much faster than light She set out one day, In her relative way, And returned on the previous night. Anyone know where I can find a copy of <i>Fantasia Mathematica</i>? Or…

There was a young lady named Bright
Who traveled much faster than light
She set out one day,
In her relative way,
And returned on the previous night.

Anyone know where I can find a copy of Fantasia Mathematica?

]]> By: Adam Roberts http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182432 Adam Roberts Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:38:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182432 It may be too late to cash in with a Christmas stocking-filling title, <i>The Crooked Timber Little Book of Political, Philosophical and Scientific Limerics</i>. It may be too late to cash in with a Christmas stocking-filling title, The Crooked Timber Little Book of Political, Philosophical and Scientific Limerics.

]]> By: theophylact http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182425 theophylact Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:19:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182425 There was a young fencer named Fisk With swordwork amazingly brisk. So fast was his action, The Fitzgerald Contraction Reduced his rapier to a disk. There was a young fencer named Fisk
With swordwork amazingly brisk.
So fast was his action,
The Fitzgerald Contraction
Reduced his rapier to a disk.

]]> By: Doug http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182412 Doug Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:13:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182412 Nor is it limited to English (though I have forgotten where I found this): Szczesliwa ksiezniczka w Nairobi, lubi kiedy maz jej to robi. Nie konczy w polowie, bo konskie ma zdrowie - on jej to - po prostu - "naj" robi! Nor is it limited to English (though I have forgotten where I found this):

Szczesliwa ksiezniczka w Nairobi,
lubi kiedy maz jej to robi.
Nie konczy w polowie,
bo konskie ma zdrowie – on jej to – po prostu – “naj” robi!

]]> By: Matt http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182410 Matt Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:12:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182410 Can I post another favourite from my math studying days: If E's a complete metric space That's non-empty, then it is the case That if f's a contraction Then under its action Just one point remains in its place Can I post another favourite from my math studying days:

If E’s a complete metric space
That’s non-empty, then it is the case
That if f’s a contraction
Then under its action
Just one point remains in its place

]]> By: Matt Kuzma http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182401 Matt Kuzma Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:55:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182401 Being from a scientific background, I have to share my (wholly off-topic) favorite limerick ever. Given the nature of topics discussed on CT, I wonder how many people will actually appreciate it. No matter. A friend in liquor production Built a still of curious construction The alcohol boils Through old magnet coils He dubbed it proof by induction Being from a scientific background, I have to share my (wholly off-topic) favorite limerick ever. Given the nature of topics discussed on CT, I wonder how many people will actually appreciate it. No matter.

A friend in liquor production
Built a still of curious construction
The alcohol boils
Through old magnet coils
He dubbed it proof by induction

]]> By: john bragg http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182390 john bragg Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:44:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182390 Everything a student needs to know about the Civil War to pass Texas' Exit Level test: In Eighteen Sixty One The Civil War begun North against South Free against Slave 'Til Robert E. Lee said "You won." Add a bit of logical reasoning, and you have it covered. Everything a student needs to know about the Civil War to pass Texas’ Exit Level test:

In Eighteen Sixty One
The Civil War begun
North against South
Free against Slave
‘Til Robert E. Lee said “You won.”

Add a bit of logical reasoning, and you have it covered.

]]> By: Minipundit http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182387 Minipundit Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:02:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182387 It's just perfect that I was taking a break from writing my TASP application essays to check CT when I found this post. It’s just perfect that I was taking a break from writing my TASP application essays to check CT when I found this post.

]]> By: a grad student http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182385 a grad student Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:20:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/new-literary-history/#comment-182385 Thank you for reminding me how incredibly nerdy my own TASP experience was. Lovely people, all. But...not uniformly socially equipped, let's say. Thank you for reminding me how incredibly nerdy my own TASP experience was. Lovely people, all. But…not uniformly socially equipped, let’s say.

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