View Single Post
  #17 (permalink)  
Old Fri Feb 01, 2002, 12:59pm
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Posts: 4,801
Quote:
Originally posted by SHellmueller

Man, I thought I was the only one that made a point of this! I think it came from my algebra teacher in high school. He was known to go off like Sam Kennison if you called -x "negative x," or god forbid, "minus x!"
Same here! You don't soon forget an 80-year-old priest shouting "Not minus! Opposite of X, opposite!!!"
__________________
"To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. But to love the game is the greatest of all."
Reply With Quote