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Originally Posted by dcl
I found my own BAUT post, ignored it, and found the one specifying the Ulam spelling, but I guess that could be wrong, too. I thought I remembered it from when I was in one-year differential equations class, but my memory could be wrong on that, too. That was back in 1942-1943. The spelling cell in my brain has probably become petrified since then!
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It wasn't intended as a criticism, as I hope my disclaimer about Mandarin transliteration made clear. Stanislaus/Stanislaw are notoriously interchangeable, and vowels had a distinct tendency to mutate when passing through Ellis Island.
Grant Hutchison
10-May-2008, 02:06 AM
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