up late writing a paper

[gfish]

If '#' is an octothorpe, does that mean '+' is a quadrothorpe? And is '-' a bithorpe or a unithorpe?

Comments

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I suspect that the unithorpe is as elusive as the magnetic monopole.

[ashley-y.livejournal.com]

'-' is a bithorpe. ' ' is a unithorpe. But the way I see it, '#' is a nonathorpe.

[neuro42.livejournal.com]

- is a bithrop. . is a monothorp. And a go board is a hexaseptuagothorpe.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

'.' would be a unithorpe.

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

# octo
‡ quad
† or + bi
- uni
. nil

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

This notion has even wider applicability than you might think. Go to any plumbing or hardware store, and you can find not only the familiar twobes ("tubes"), but all the fittings you might need to connect them, such as Y-shaped threebs and quadrathorpe-shaped fourbs.

[ilmarinen.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. I think I'm OK with that.

-B.