want to die

Originally posted by Red Night
I never spoke to him in the thread or otherwise.

I know for sure that you spoke about him, and that he replied to you. Maybe you never addressed him directly. I am not going to dig out that thread to check.

Originally posted by Nordlys
I am not going to dig out that thread to check.

That's a surprise. I was expecting that to come along.

Originally posted by Nordlys
I know for sure that you spoke about him, and that he replied to you. Maybe you never addressed him directly. I am not going to dig out that thread to check.

I was unaware that he replied to me. I know he made one post that talked about the topic on a general level.

Originally posted by Red Night
What's a tetrapyloctomist?

Either, someone who can't be bothered to look something up or a hairdresser of sorts..

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Either, someone who can't be bothered to look something up or a hairdresser of sorts..

It's not in the dictionary.

Originally posted by Red Night
It's not in the dictionary.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-tet1.htm

Originally posted by Nordlys
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-tet1.htm

Noodles? Why do I think of Delmer when I see you nowadays? 😕

Originally posted by stocken
Noodles? Why do I think of Delmer when I see you nowadays? 😕

No idea. 😉

Originally posted by Nordlys
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-tet1.htm

"Another department would study useless techniques..."

don't we normally call that department "pure mathematics"?...

Originally posted by Nordlys
No idea. 😉

😲 You are a multiple accounts abuser aren't you? You and Delmer are one and the same!!! 😲

Originally posted by genius
"Another department would study useless techniques..."

don't we normally call that department "pure mathematics"?...

"Pure mathematics" often prove useful in some other area later.

Speaking of other departments, you can find some more information here: http://www.irrelevanz.de/akademie/indexen.html

Originally posted by Nordlys
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-tet1.htm

Thanks. I figured it was made up. I was looking for a greek root pylo and couldn't find it.

I like Umberto Eco.

Originally posted by Nordlys
"Pure mathematics" often prove useful in some other area later.

Speaking of other departments, you can find some more information here: http://www.irrelevanz.de/akademie/indexen.html

Where do you come up with all these strange web sites ???

Originally posted by Red Night
Thanks. I figured it was made up. I was looking for a greek root pylo and couldn't find it.

That's probably the translator's fault. I don't know how it is called in the original, but in German it's "Tetrapilutomie". "Pilos" is "felt", which makes at least more sense than "pylos" = "gate". I don't know why Eco didn't call it "tetratrichotomy".

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Where do you come up with all these strange web sites ???

If I recall correctly, I got to that one from a page about apostrophe catastrophes.