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I was amazed by this too. Why focus on how one pronounces it rather than the mathematical properties of asymptotic behaviour (i.e., that one gradually approache

• bcaulfield 9y ago
  Yeah, this is a little odd. But in the writer's defense, I read a lot more than I speak, and I often comically mispronounce a useful word when I have to use it in speech, so while I'm familiar with this particular word, I do wish writers would do this with words a little more often than they do.