Limericks

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• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  An Oxford professor named Hall
  Possessed an octagonal ball
  The square of its weight
  Divided by eight
  Was pi times the root of sod all

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• wrig9547@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I suppose saying “natural log” invalidates the last limerick - I’ll allow it.

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  • kogasa@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s common to just use “log” in pure math, since nobody uses the base 10 log.

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    • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And everyone just uses “log” in CS because noone cares about the base.

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    • hobovision@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fair. Logs are natural unless otherwise specified. You wouldn’t put log(37) if you wanted base 10, you’d do log_10(37).

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  • Deconceptualist@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Instead of “Is the log” maybe you could say “Is nat-log”?

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    • theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or just pronounce it “lawn” like all my calculus instructors did

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    • kn0wmad1c@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “is natty log of the cube root of e”

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• barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oldie but goodie:

  < > ! * ’ ’ #
  ^ " ` $ $ -
  ! * = @ $ _
  % * < > ~ # 4
  & [ ] . . /
  | { , , SYSTEM HALTED

  Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
  Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
  Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
  Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
  Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
  Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH!

  “waka” didn’t gain popularity among people, at least not among any I ever heard about, usually it’s angle bracket. I’m quite partial to ‘tic’ and ‘tac’. The rest is standard or at least common, IMO | is pipe and {} braces. * is often called asterisk or star but splash is just better. And # is most definitely not “hashtag”. Here’s an overview of what’s out in the wild.

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  • xor@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    { left mustache
    } right mustache

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• VelvetGentleman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why does “kicking it up a notch” have to entail completely butchering the meter?

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  • tegs_terry@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    See top comment to kick your fury up a notch.

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• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not a fan of the second one. The first line doesn’t have enough syllables and the whole rhyme scheme requires that you mispronounce Z.

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  • oyo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Zee was zee long before posh English twats decided to say zed.

    Source: my ass

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    • Wilzax@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Zed technically came first. Greek Zeta -> French Zede -> English Zed.

      But I’ll do anything to get away from French influence on my language

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  • Wilzax@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “mispronounce” Z. Yeah no, anyone who calls it “Zed” are the ones mispronouncing it. Z rhymes with G, P, and V in the alphabet song. End of story.

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    • NightAuthor@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Zeds dead

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    • tegs_terry@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good story, now back to reality, please.

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  • mlc894@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I respectfully submit that the US should send tutors to teach English to our wayward Anglophone brothers.

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    • DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No u

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  • AppleMango@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    While I am part of the ‘zed’ group, there is no “correct” pronounciation for anything because it all depends on accent and culture. Just embrace the diversity.

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• CPMSP@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pretty sure this is what an aneurysm feels like.

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• radicalautonomy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  4 + (6! - 0.5(12^2 + (403 + 1))) = 2(15^2)

  Four plus the difference between The factorial of six and the mean Of twelve squared and four Hundred three (plus one more) Equals double the square of fifteen.

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• homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh dear. That’s definitely going to summon something bad.

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  • FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yea, like my highschool pre-calculus teacher

    !This is a joke he was a great teacher!<

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• No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As stated by cracked after hours

  Math is the power to destroy nice things with logic

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  • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Man I loved that show

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• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Limerics are supposed to be filthy.

  These are just limerish.

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• Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  These are the best poems I’ve ever read.

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• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  3 × sqrt(4), or 6 like we call it the hood.

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• SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  5 and 11 are also called a hand and a span

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• istoff@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There once was a comic named Susan… #QI

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• KillerTofu@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Reminds me of the Math Song by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.

  youtu.be/pq1T6KNcEu8?si=MmtY9fAjFLPFvXQW

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• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What does all that have to do with the price of nantucket bucket?

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• CoolBeance@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When in doubt with alchemy Just recall the Rule of Three Thrice the same ingredient Forms an extract excellent

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• Nomecks@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Roses are red

  Euhler’s a hero

  e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0

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