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A diamond "in the rough" is not a diamond surrounded by roughness, but rather an unpolished diamond. Or at least that's how gemcutters use the term. The idea th
by cynicalkane 17y ago
A diamond "in the rough" is not a diamond surrounded by roughness, but rather an unpolished diamond. Or at least that's how gemcutters use the term. The idea that a "diamond in the rough" is related to sorting diamonds from junk is probably a folk etymology.
- roundsquare 17y agoSo you are saying she is an unpolished diamond? Or was? Perhaps, but no more than any other budding mathematician/computer scientist.