Re: Universal grammar

In article <1161862689.891597.135960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Franz
Gnaedinger" <frgn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Do you know about the story about the tree that Goethe used to sit under,
and ended up in a Nazi human extinction camp? Be aware, though, that in
mathematics and computer science, the root is often written upwards. And
there is the tree known for its bark (but only in English):
_^ /
\----
/\ /\

I didn't know about Goethe's tree, but I am sure he would
have protested against nazism.

The rest of your reply seems to be an exercise in ambiguity.
I can't follow you. Perhaps you are telling me this way that
you can't follow me? Anyway, thanks for the discussions,
helped me understand my own thoughts a little better :-)

In proper math, they would have been written:

Joke A. And there is the tree known for its bark (but only in English):
_^ /
\----
/\ /\

So that it later becomes possible to write "by Joke A...". :-)

--
Hans Aberg
.

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