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From: Herman Jurjus on 10 Dec 2009 10:42
Frederick Williams wrote:
> Tarski just has |x| = |y| iff x equinumerous to y. And Suppes follows
> him.

Which reminds me: does anyone here know the correct pronunciation of
that name, 'Suppes'? (I recently heard someone pronounce it a bit like
'shoe-piece'. Someone else pronounced it more or less like 'suppers'
(plural of 'supper').

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From: Frederick Williams on 10 Dec 2009 10:49
Herman Jurjus wrote:
>
> Frederick Williams wrote:
> > Tarski just has |x| = |y| iff x equinumerous to y. And Suppes follows
> > him.
>
> Which reminds me: does anyone here know the correct pronunciation of
> that name, 'Suppes'? (I recently heard someone pronounce it a bit like
> 'shoe-piece'. Someone else pronounced it more or less like 'suppers'
> (plural of 'supper').

I pronounce it the second may only because that's how I heard a teacher
of set theory (Fred Benenson) pronounce it.

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From: Herman Rubin on 10 Dec 2009 14:24
In article <hfr4tf$77u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Herman Jurjus <hjmotz(a)hetnet.nl> wrote:
>Frederick Williams wrote:
>> Tarski just has |x| = |y| iff x equinumerous to y. And Suppes follows
>> him.

>Which reminds me: does anyone here know the correct pronunciation of
>that name, 'Suppes'? (I recently heard someone pronounce it a bit like
>'shoe-piece'. Someone else pronounced it more or less like 'suppers'
>(plural of 'supper').

As I know him personally, the pronunciation is like soo-peas.

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