source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:42:39 -0800 Subject: RE: odd (Paul E) From: Brian Belet On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:47:52 -0800 Manuel Op de Coul said: >From: PAULE >Manuel wrote, >>I find "odd-limit" an unsatisfactory term. Since 1 3 5 7 9 11 .. are >>what Partch called identities, why don't we call it identity-limit? > >That's a good suggestion, if only because "odd" connotes "strange." It is >also a nice way of honoring Partch. > I find "identity-limit" too cumbersome; it's very 'clunky' in the mouth, and that is a factor in adopting a new term. I prefer 'odd', since they simply ARE odd numbers. Besides, I work with Allen Strange every day, and I don't find him odd at all . . . ! -- Brian B. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:48 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA18459; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:48:14 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA18464 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id JAA07657; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:46:48 -0800 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:46:48 -0800 Message-Id: <199703261742.JAA07249@ella.mills.edu> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu