Re: CHAT: Law of ten times worse natlangs
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 7, 2003, 15:24 |
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On Thursday 06 March 2003 8:37 pm, Tristan wrote:
> Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > Quoting Tristan <kesuari@...>:
> >>>>Why Andreas's? Does asking questions mean you have laws named
> >>>>after you?
> >
> > I hope you noticed how your above question got a law named after you ...
>
> Are you meaning H. S. Teoh's 'Tristan Question', being one that gets a
> law named after you? But that isn't a law, it's a question!
It's a law - If you ask a question or make an observation about a seemingly
constant law, then you can have that law named after you, on the provision
that the name is free. It may not be named until someone suggests that it be
named.
I think we should call it the Tristan's Law of Laws.
> Tristan.