Re: Stong is not Strong (was Which Strong is late"?)

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

Yup; can't read in addition to can't remember words, probably related.

Moreover, until I was about 25 I thought taut was spelled and pronounced
taunt (homophones?)    Not only prematurely deaf, but also vocabularily
challenged.

Panzers,

bc

Brian Whatcott wrote:

> Let me bolster your understanding, bc:
> The Scientific American contributor who raised
> Amateur Scientist column to international repute for excellence
> was named C.L. Stong - no r included.
>
> Brian W
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> At 12:57 PM 8/15/2004, you wrote:
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> > not certain C. L. Strong is the late lamented ....
> >
> > bc, who's been confused by two Strongs ...   in the past.
> >
> > Brian Whatcott wrote:
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> > > BC, you left me confused...
> > > are you referring to John Strong, or C.L Stong?
> > >
> > > You wrote earlier:
> > > "I found it:  Yes (sand) August 68 [C. L. Strong]
> > > Koths used the "Edgerton" method."
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > At 11:38 PM 8/14/2004, bc, you wrote:
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> > > > Not certain, but don't think so.  John was at Cal Tech (Author of
> > > > Procedures in Exptl. Phys. and Classical Optics, both fine books that I
> > > > have.)  C. L. hosted the Amateur Scientist (Sci. Am) for some time.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > At 12:53 PM 8/13/2004, BC, you wrote:
> > > > > ///
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> > > > >
> > > > > > Some time ago (fifties or sixties?)  Sci. Am. had an article
> > > > > > on stone skipping, including I think, on sand. //
> > > > > > I found it:  Yes (sand) August 68 [C. L. Strong]
> > > > > > Koths used the "Edgerton" method.
> > > > > That would be the late, lamented Professor Stong, I expect.
> > > > > Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!