Hello Gareth and Dan, ... < Echolaliste > is a french website dedicated to all kind of lists : « Le site de toutes les listes »: http://www.echolaliste.com/ ... the name of this site comes from the (rare) french word < écholalie >, which is a term used in psychology: http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/écholalie (scroll at the bottom of the page): « Écholalie : répétition automatique, par un sujet, des paroles que vient de prononcer son interlocuteur. » (automatical repetition, by the subject, of the words just pronounced by his interlocutor) This is good quotefrom the above dictionary: « répétition de syllabes ou de mots. L'enfant les répète pour le plaisir de parler... C'est l'un des derniers restes du gazouillis des bébés... » (repetition of syllables or words. The kid repeats them for the pleasure of talking... It is a last remain of the baby's babbling) < Echolaliste > is filled with absurd/sound/funny lists of all kinds -- in the spirit of Mad Magazine (the good years --> 1967/1980 ;-) Hope this helps! (and I know of no "guère épais" list or group on line) Best, É. -----Message d'origine----- De : math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] De la part de Gareth McCaughan Envoyé : mercredi 21 janvier 2009 22:50 À : math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Objet : Re: [math-fun] Gödel book On Wednesday 21 January 2009, Dan Asimov wrote: [me:]

Is an echolaliste someone who suffers from echolalia? And if so, how does the other half of the pun work? (Does "echo" mean the same in French as in english, or does it e.g. mean "behold" following Latin "ecce" or something?

) [Dan:]

Yeah. And also, Eric wrote:

Are you saying "yes" to some or all of my questions, or saying that you too would like to know the answers?

Okay, thanks. Now is "guère épais" a group of some kind, like Oulipo ?

A three-way pun there would be too much to expect, no? -- g _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun