Here's an excellent play on words for anyone interested in mathematics and English word play, provided they don't take exception to the innuendo.
I don't know where this was first posted, but I saw it here on the amazingly successful and thoroughly engaging science site called IFLS. Like I said, it's successful and engaging despite the freaking name.
For the benefit of the indexing engines and web crawlers, the picture reads:
Holy shift! Look at the asymptote on that mother function.
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French-English Glossary of Naval Technology v25 (#NavTechGloss v25) This glossary is intended primarily for French-to-English translators ...
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OSASCOMP = Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose QOSASCOMP = Quantity, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, ...
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Tommy Butler of Atrinex has posted a corporate bullshit generator . He uses a Dilbert strip as an attention grabber: Tommy writes...
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While beyond my blog's usual scope, this item may prove useful to translators and interpreters working from or into English in any field...
