Comments on: And sentences isn’t English. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/ Crazy, Stupid, Funny, and Irreverent Things Overheard at McGill University Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:54:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ...dias http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/comment-page-1/#comment-11065 ...dias Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:29:13 +0000 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/#comment-11065 She was entirely correct, had she been working in Z/2Z. She was entirely correct, had she been working in Z/2Z.

]]> By: Math major http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Math major Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:05:41 +0000 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/#comment-1333 We don't need to add. We don’t need to add.

]]> By: Engineer #2 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Engineer #2 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:45:46 +0000 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/#comment-1237 Hence the problem with Math majors. Can't even add, but they think they're the shit. Hence the problem with Math majors.
Can’t even add, but they think they’re the shit.

]]> By: The person quoted http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 The person quoted Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:59:07 +0000 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/#comment-1179 What was really said was: Girl: So, 14+7…. 23. Guy: Umm, it’s 21. Aren’t you a math major? Girl: (Angrily) I'm in math, not arithmatic! I say this all the time! Anyway, nobody who got through analysis 1 could mistake math for arithmatic! What was really said was:

Girl: So, 14+7…. 23.
Guy: Umm, it’s 21. Aren’t you a math major?
Girl: (Angrily) I’m in math, not arithmatic!

I say this all the time! Anyway, nobody who got through analysis 1 could mistake math for arithmatic!

]]> By: Engineer #1 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Engineer #1 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:33:11 +0000 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/#comment-1173 Bah...idiots.. Bah…idiots..

]]> By: Math minor #2 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 Math minor #2 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:11:28 +0000 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/#comment-1133 I can attest to that one... Fractions are the worst. I can attest to that one…
Fractions are the worst.

]]> By: Math minor http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Math minor Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:58:43 +0000 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/#comment-1101 I have a theory that entrance into a Math Major requires failing a 7th grade arithmetic test. I have a theory that entrance into a Math Major requires failing a 7th grade arithmetic test.

]]> By: Peter http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Peter Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:19:17 +0000 http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/04/14/and-sentences-isnt-english/#comment-1089 She is right, though-- you can be a brilliant mathematician and still be lousy at arithmetic, or vice versa. She is right, though– you can be a brilliant mathematician and still be lousy at arithmetic, or vice versa.

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