On Sat, 27 May 2006, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

> Peter wrote:
>
>>> Most of mathematics -- the language in which most physical theories
>>> are expressed -- has no metaphor that is grounded in reality as we
>>> know it (with our senses).
>>
>> Yeah, pity that geometry actually means 'earth measuring' in Greek.
>
> Did you agree ("yeah") or disagree ("pity", "'earth measuring'")? :)

Parsing my phrase yields two sentences, the first one is 'Yeah' and the 
second is the rest after the comma ...

Peter
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