Today's observation: Nothing quite brings out the kook like amateur linguistics.
Taking this last chance on the Plus to wish the light of my life, Alicia Smith a very happy birthday.
Taking this last chance on the Plus to wish the light of my life, Alicia Smith a very happy birthday.
I was going to say: Nothing quite brings out the kook like a burra
ReplyDeleteThis brought on by a co-worker discussing the eccentric uncle-in-law who has found AN AMAZING LINK BETWEEN THE WRITING OF TWO ANCIENT CULTURES! (Separated by about 5000km and 2000 years...) And is now being paranoid about his research being stolen by a professor in the field who thought that his research 'lacked rigor'.
ReplyDeleteI heartily recommend http://skepticalhumanities.com/ which has an ongoing series on crank fringe linguistics.
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