Auk's dimber tip to all flash coves

Jeffrey Brent McBeth · 09 Jul 2009, 17:18 · from 2009-July.txt.gz

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From: mcbeth at broggs.org (Jeffrey Brent McBeth)
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:18:10 -0400
Subject: (urth) Auk's dimber tip to all flash coves
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On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 12:58:49PM -0400, Gwern Branwen wrote:
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> After racking my brain, I finally remembered where from. Douglas
> Hofstadter's _Le Ton de Beau Marot_ is all about translations, and one

Yet more proof I really really need to read that book.

Jeff

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