Triamgle Mightmare

By Elliot Rice • Vol 5, Issue 6 • March 27, 2026

I woke up last night, sweaty from a nightmare of a different world. A different world that made me more scared than I’ve ever been before.

Sine was called sime. Cosine was called cosime. Tangent was called tamgent. In fact, all of trigonometry was called trigomometry. I feared for my life, for the life of others. Mathematical operations were just not the same. Minus was called mimus. Math was called math. Integrals, even, were called imtegrals.

If reading this scares you, it should. Before you go to sleep tonight, think: what if it was different?

What if it was different, and sine was called sime?

What if it was different, and cosine was called cosime?

What if it was different, and tangent was called tamgent?