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strange coincidence, I found this strange word twice in the last hours.
The other one was from a letter of Gustave Flaubert to his sister Caroline (1843), proposing a "mathematical"problem , making a joke about mathematics nonsense-ness
L'age du capitaine (Gustave Flaubert, Lettre à sa soeur Caroline, 1843)
Puisque tu fais de la géométrie et de la trigonométrie, je vais te donner un problème: un navire est en mer, il est parti de Boston chargé d'indigo, il jauge deux cents tonneaux, fait voile vers Le Havre, le grand mât est cassé, il y a un mousse sur le gaillard d'avant, les passagers sont au nombre de douze, le vent souffle NNE, l'horloge marque trois heures un quart d'après-midi, on est au mois de mai...
On demande l'âge du capitaine.
Since tu are studying geometry and trigonometry, I am going to give you a problem: a ship is in the sea, it left Boston with a load of indigo, the load is two hundreds barrels, it is going to Le Havre, the big mast is broken, there is moss on the prow scaffolding (??), the passengers are twelve, the wind comes from NNE, it is 15.15 in the afternoon, it is may...
Which is the age of the captain?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted indigo wwh 08/19/02 05:13 PM Re: indigo Faldage 08/19/02 05:52 PM Re: indigo knots WhitmanO'Neill 08/20/02 02:03 AM Re: indigo knots dxb 08/20/02 10:05 AM Re: indigo emanuela 08/26/02 10:42 AM Re: indigo wwh 08/26/02 12:56 PM Re: indigo WhitmanO'Neill 08/26/02 06:20 PM
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