Bad Math Jokes

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Most of us missed this year's International Talk Like A Pirate Day. (Referring to post #450)

 

[Baluncore]

Most of us missed this year's International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

It was 10PM in Australia on 'Talk like a Pirate Day' before I saw the first reference to 'Talk like a Pirate Day'.

Would it make any difference if a pirate ship, crossing the dateline at midnight, completely missed 'Talk Like a Pirate Day'.

 

[DaveC426913]

 

[Baluncore]

"sinh( q ) / cosh( q )" can be an alternative ratio.

 

[collinsmark]

"sinh( q ) / cosh( q )" can be an alternative ratio.

I've always pronounced the hyperbolic tangent as "tanch" (as opposed to "than"). But maybe I'm in the minority.

 

[Baluncore]

I've always pronounced the hyperbolic tangent as "tanch" (as opposed to "than"). But maybe I'm in the minority.

"Than" is a legitimate and standard pronunciation in the UK and countries following the British educational system, such as Australia and New Zealand.

Was the girlfriend from Ireland ? Maybe they met through Trinity College Dublin ?
"Than" is pronounced "tan" mostly in Ireland. In many traditional Irish English accents, particularly in rural areas and working-class Dublin, the "th" sounds are heavily stopped, as they are in some North East USA working class accents.

There are other possibilities. Depending on the specific regional emphasis, "than" can easily sound like a sharp "tan" in the Caribbean, the Newfoundland English dialects, and in Singapore and Philippine English, where speakers routinely substitute dental stops for "th" sounds, making "tan" the standard conversational pronunciation.

This may have gone beyond the joke.