From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com   
      
   Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >   
   > On 01/25/2026 04:21 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   > > Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > >> On 01/24/2026 11:49 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   > >>> Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > >>>> Yeah, in the time of Galileo and DesCartes, [...]   
   > >>>   
   > >>> The correct spelling of his original, French family name is _Descartes_.   
   > >>> ("Des" is NOT part of a title of nobility or origin, that would be "de"   
   > >>> ["of"], and only then the reference would usually be starting with an   
   > >>> uppercase letter.)   
   > >>   
   > >> Why, he's a Poitevin, ....   
   > >   
   > > While probably true (his place of birth lies in the region that belonged to   
   > > the historical province of Poitou, and it can be assumed that he spoke   
   > > Poitevin, a dialect of Poitevin–Saintongeais, a regional French   
   dialect), it   
   > > is also irrelevant.   
   > >   
   > > At the time of his birth, his place of birth was called La H   
   ye-en-Touraine.   
   > >   "The town was renamed /La Haye-Descartes/ in 1802 in his honour, and then   
   > > renamed again /Descartes/ in 1967."   
   > >   
   > >    
   > >   
   > > So there is no reason at all to spell his name "DesCartes".   
   > >   
   > >> I'm not insane.   
   > >   
   > > Reactions like this show that you are.   
   > >   
   > >> Also I spell "Leibnitz" with a 't' and say it "leeb-nitz".   
   > >   
   > > His name is usually spelled _Leibniz_, though, and pronounced differently   
   > > (more like "Laibnits"; there is no equivalent for the German dipthong "ei"   
   > > in English).   
   > >   
   > >    
   > >   
   >   
   > Hmm. I estimated that you would say something like that.   
      
      
   "estimated"???? Did you use a ...Calculator?   
      
   How did you arrive at that estimation?? you gots one of those old HP   
   calculators, don'tcha  you?   
      
      
   In the inglish language it is 'figured'. dats a different definition   
   from 'estimated'.   
   They both mean two different things.   
      
   It's suppose to read: "Hmm. I figured that you would say something like   
   that."   
      
   You just gots an F in inglish!   
      
   and tested positive for stupid.   
      
      
   I estimated the F wit my calculatorer.   
      
      
      
      
   Now you can say to me..."Hmm. I figured that you would say something   
   like that."   
      
      
   and you would be right!   
      
   i undersatnd that Math is just a language, but it is not the english   
   language...   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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   to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,   
   and challenge the unchallengeable.   
      
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