tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) (01/13/86)
The horse flies fast when the horse flies fast.
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Is there a name for this sort of construction, and does anybody
know any other examples of it?
Todd Moody | {allegra|astrovax|bpa|burdvax}!sjuvax!tmoody
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Philadelphia, PA 19131 | disagree with you less."jankok@zuring.UUCP (Jan Kok) (01/17/86)
In article <2705@sjuvax.UUCP> tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) writes: > > The horse flies fast when the horse flies fast. > >_______ >Is there a name for this sort of construction, and does anybody >know any other examples of it? This is in line with Hofstadter (GEB)'s Politicians lie in cast-iron sinks. Politicians lie, cast-iron sinks. ( A variant is the Dutch : de boer had een varken en de moeder van de boer was ook de vader van het varken.) -- jan kok, cwi (afd. nw), amsterdam, nederland UUCP: {seismo, decvax, philabs, okstate, garfield}!mcvax!zuring!jankok --------------------------------------------------------------- Note, the net is for (fast) communication, not for literature; so do not b/flame me for grammar errors, unless you master my native language more than I do.
CJC@PSUVM.BITNET (01/21/86)
In article <2705@sjuvax.UUCP> tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) writes: > > The horse flies fast when the horse flies fast. > >_______ >Is there a name for this sort of construction, and does anybody >know any other examples of it? A friend had a book entitled "What is the Name of This Book"; among other kinds of word games/puzzles/curiosities there was a chapter on what the author called "quines" (I think) - sentences which contain themselves. Example: ""Is the Name of This Book" is the name of this book" (meaning this book is entitled "Is the ...") I don't think this is exactly what you were asking about but it's as good as any other suggestion I've seen here yet. --Carolyn J. Clark Bitnet: CJC at PSUVM UUCP : :allegra, akgua, ihnp4:!psuvax!CJC@PSUVM.BITNET
darryl@ism780c.UUCP (Darryl Richman) (01/24/86)
Quines are discussed in Douglas Hofstadter's classic "Goedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid". --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl The views expressed above are my opinions only.