Wednesday, September 27, 2006

the importance of N

Never undermine the importance of 'N'...

in any gp essay,its essential to have a nice conclusion to round off your essay - recapitulate your points and provide a fitting closure to your discussion. thats why its very important to have an N (end). of course, it'll be good to end nicely.

on the same vein,the english language cannot function without N (and), a conjunction that is used in about 80% of everyday written and spoken english. and in fact,two were used in the short space of just the above one and a half sentences (that's three)! evidently,something that we as english-speakers and ice cream eaters cannot do without. after all without N, we'd only have ben jerry's and erson's ice cream...yeah,wth are those?

also the omission of the letter N will lead to misunderstandings to arise. for example, if one were to say a particular kind of music is fuky... now that doesn't sound like particularly appealing music to you does it?

a more recent and relevant example: from the tagboard (you may have to click 'older posts'), we see that in at least two instances a missing or extra N has led to embarrassing moments for two bloggers here at kokyichee. refer to the tag dated 23rd sept 06, 8:42pm. hafiz wrote - "DON'T LINE!" what's he trying to say? don't line...but curve instead? on the same day, 8:45pm, jian wei in his eagerness and excitement to thank erm..himself,for his glowing piece on erm,himself, wrote this - "THAK YOU [HIMSELF]!" klearly,an ego so big it overshadows his love handles.

in the spoken language,one mistake we come across frequently in conversations revolve around the mispronunciation of N and its cousin, m.
"ehz,comferm or not?"
"this formula i tell u ah,dam inpohtent..must remember one!"
"wa bem chomg so hamsum!!"
are common examples. and occasionally,these two letters even get confused in names as well.
"are you mhafiz or nafiz?" - teo naeyam (name changed to protect privacy)
this problem applies to all,whether in ignorance or mere slips of the tongue,we do not know....but its more commonly seen in tchers,especially those of the older variety. (note: i'm talking about tchers. definitely not teachers,no way!) some "tchers" mangle the pronunciation of this so badly,the presence of the letter N is near unnoticeable ("kgegative raktion force" - there is an N inside,repeat it a few times and see if you hear it!)

what makes the letter N infinitely more important is its contribution to several other disciplines. in mathematics,even though it sounds like a mouthful of m's, it really is all about n. for n is used to represent integers and real numbers,which math deals with in great detail. the only m's that matter are McLaurin's expansion and multiplier effect(oh sorry that's not maths?).

and finally, to further reinforce and drive home my point tt N is indeed arguably the most important letter of the alphabet forcefully....
well,why do you think the SI unit of force is N?

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