Today's observation: Nothing quite brings out the kook like amateur linguistics.

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  1. Melissa North (melie)22 June 2012 at 15:10

    I was going to say: Nothing quite brings out the kook like a burra

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  2. Rob Masters22 June 2012 at 16:05

    This 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'.

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  3. David Gerard22 June 2012 at 18:56

    I heartily recommend http://skepticalhumanities.com/ which has an ongoing series on crank fringe linguistics.

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