Re: [math-fun] something linguistic

On 19/09/2015 01:54, Adam P. Goucher wrote:

My favourite is probably Misalliance, with the honeysuckle and the bindweed.

Misalliance. Bedstead Men. The Slow Train. Not a big fan of Madeira (a clever, charming, witty song about rape) or for that matter Tonga (a clever, charming, witty song about rape). I fear we have gone some way astray from actual Fun About Math here, but perhaps it's worth mentioning that F&S wrote a song that states the Laws of Thermodynamics. Oh, and my wife maintains that "The Warthog" is really about mathematics students at university. Or, more generally, nerds. -- g