Gareth wrote: << On Wednesday 21 January 2009, Eric Angelini wrote:
... this is exactly Math-Fun, I guess: http://www.echolaliste.com/l1213.htm
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?
Yeah. And also, Eric wrote: <<
"guère épais".
... "not that thick" --> wordplay on "Guerre et paix" (by Tolstoi) = "War and Peace"
Okay, thanks. Now is "guère épais" a group of some kind, like Oulipo ? --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele
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
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