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a very emphatic answer (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 51 points 5 months ago

Depends if the kid said "four!" or "four factorial"

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 5 months ago

all maths must be said in a neutral tone lest you imply factorials

[-] 42yeah@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

That’s how I say factorial though I just yell

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 5 months ago

So Italians mathematicians put everything in factorial

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Almost as if the joke relies on the fact that in written form those are the same.

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