On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 08:01, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote:
> although there are claims that it's a coincidence, if you take the letters > of the alphabet and assign a number to each. > A=1, B=2, C=3, ... Z=26 > and add but the numbers for the word "MATH" you get 42. I am prepared to state categorically that it must be a coincidence as "math" was not a word in Douglas Adams's lexicon. As a speaker of British English he would have always used "maths" as the shorter version of "mathematics" -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
