[seqfan] Re: L'OEIS

[Andrew N W Hone]

You are right Neil, the holorime is very clever, and better than balancing the number of words.

I am searching for something equally clever in English but it's not so easy.

Cheers 
Andy
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From: SeqFan [seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] on behalf of Neil Sloane [njasloane at gmail.com]
Sent: 23 September 2018 07:12
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Subject: [seqfan] Re: L'OEIS

Ah, but you are missing the whole point of the joke!  Our version is un
holorime (look it up!) - it has the
structure X,X where X has exactly the same pronunciation each time, but
different meanings,
and both meanings make sense

Best regards
Neil

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On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 1:57 AM, Andrew N W Hone <A.N.W.Hone at kent.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Inserting a definite article sounds more grammatically precise in French,
> so I slightly prefer
> Simon's version. Also, it has a more symmetrical rhythm (3 words + 3
> words). However, including
> "the" in English (though not technically incorrect) is not very
> colloquial, so the translation would be better as
> "all sequences, ..." or "every sequence, ..."
>
> Andy
>
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> From: SeqFan [seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] on behalf of Simon Plouffe [
> simon.plouffe at gmail.com]
> Sent: 22 September 2018 18:58
> To: seqfan at list.seqfan.eu
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: L'OEIS
>
> Hello,
>
> if I may, I would rather say : toutes les suites, tout de suite,
>
>   translating to 'all the sequences, right now' ,
>
>   Best regards,
> ps : this is my humble opinion,
> ps2 : I like the fist too.
>
> Simon Plouffe
>
>
> Le 2018-09-22 à 19:39, Neil Sloane a écrit :
> > Michel Marcus and I were amusing ourselves via email and came up with a
> > French motto for the OEIS:
> >
> > l'OEIS, toutes suites tout de suite
> >
> > Maybe this is not the funniest joke in the world, but I like it!
> >
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