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ljplicease) wrote2006-05-26 06:16 pm
ljplicease) wrote2006-05-26 06:16 pm
Empty set
I've always been a little bit clueless about accents. Especially Australian-I've-been-living-America-for-more-than-ten-years accents, because both my parents are from Australia, and they never sounded unusual to me, though other people tell me else wise.
One of my math professors in Tucson was from Australia and had just exactly one of these sorts of accents. One day to make a point about sets, he said, "the set of Australian students in this class is the empty set, but it is still a set."
I was born in Australia, but mostly grew up in the states, so nobody would ever accuse me of being Australian, unless I confessed to the fact.
I said, "Actually... I'm from Australia, so it's not an empty set" and felt a little awkward, as the class momentarily ground to a halt.
One of my math professors in Tucson was from Australia and had just exactly one of these sorts of accents. One day to make a point about sets, he said, "the set of Australian students in this class is the empty set, but it is still a set."
I was born in Australia, but mostly grew up in the states, so nobody would ever accuse me of being Australian, unless I confessed to the fact.
I said, "Actually... I'm from Australia, so it's not an empty set" and felt a little awkward, as the class momentarily ground to a halt.