Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Linguist
LINGUIST, n. A person more learned in the language of others than wise in his own.
2009 Update: Any listener still interested after the third sentence. One who may study the telic clause, only to miss the object.
Linguist -- a member of a select and secret group that eats a lot of doctored up linguine. Thanks for letting me be first today, I needed that. This will very likely be my last visit for three or so weeks. I have to return to 'prison.' Bye, ..
You've been able to keep me interested EVEN after twenty sentences, so I must really be a lingust.
Linguist: Someone who uses phrases like lacteal fluid; they are also known to be sci-fi fans and collect doctorates for fun.
I received some dark chocolate truffles from blog buddy Jerry Wiley today. Including you, this is the fourth blog buddy that has given me truffles. I am in hog heaven! I have to limit myself to two per day, or I shall ruin my diet. I'm replacing a snack with the truffles, and it is God's will that I eat them. Why else would they have been delivered on my front porch?
Saurkraut, the wise men say never to argue with a man whose got his tongue in a shell.
The better to colonize you, Karma.
Haha, TLP. The key phrases to know wherever you travel are "Where is the bathroom?" "I'm sorry," and "Can I keep the credit cards, they're no use to you."
Terry, the fairer sex is always from another country.
True and funny, Cooper. What is it, do you suppose, about Linguists? I notice of the three, only one aimed to please.
¿Donde esta el banjo? That's very funny, A-bell. I think if you can find the bathroom, why listen at all?
Linguist -- a member of a select and secret group that eats a lot of doctored up linguine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me be first today, I needed that. This will very likely be my last visit for three or so weeks. I have to return to 'prison.'
Bye,
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LINGUIST, n. One skilled in the art of tongue-lashing.
ReplyDelete[sounds conch from the hilltop]
Sorry, Jim. Don't sneak up behind me like that!
ReplyDeletelingrocy - oh great, now the stones are speaking in tongues.
Lin Guist: Shrew.
ReplyDeleteLinguist, a scholar of the art of tongue.
ReplyDeleteLING n. elongated food fish
ReplyDelete-IST suffix denoting one who practices or follows principals or beliefs.
LINGUSIT n. 1.) a fishy religion 2.) verbal fertilizer
Someone has to say it, you're a cunning linguist. Are you a master debater?
ReplyDeletelinguist: somebody who studies word verifications for hidden and overt meanings and then attaches them to life
ReplyDeletePia, I think that's called a lexicoblogist
ReplyDeleteand my word verification happens to be factee!
You've been able to keep me interested EVEN after twenty sentences, so I must really be a lingust.
ReplyDeleteLinguist: Someone who uses phrases like lacteal fluid; they are also known to be sci-fi fans and collect doctorates for fun.
I received some dark chocolate truffles from blog buddy Jerry Wiley today. Including you, this is the fourth blog buddy that has given me truffles. I am in hog heaven! I have to limit myself to two per day, or I shall ruin my diet. I'm replacing a snack with the truffles, and it is God's will that I eat them.
Why else would they have been delivered on my front porch?
Actually, if I'm still interested after twenty sentences, I think that makes you the linguist.
ReplyDelete:-)
a darn... all the good ones are already taken. yes, Tom, cunning.
ReplyDeletetho I don't get the conch thing.
white man speak with forked tongue
ReplyDeletedisto: short way to go
LINGUIST: a person who can find the loo in five different countries, without having to ask "where?"
ReplyDeleteha ha TLP ;)
ReplyDeleteLinquist - what one becomes when desperately needing to communicate with the fairer sex who is of another country...
Linguist: Usually someone who has to take on odd jobs. Tolkien - author, Chomsky - anarchist, Nietzsche philosopher.
ReplyDeleteJim, don't gamble with cigarettes you don't have.
ReplyDeleteAmoeba, I hope the concert was grand.
Nessa, it's strange I don't remember her.
Ariel, a scientist of the art of the accident?
Quilly, verbs are their own fertilizer.
Only when I talk to myself, Icy.
JD, this is why we blog.
Saurkraut, the wise men say never to argue with a man whose got his tongue in a shell.
The better to colonize you, Karma.
Haha, TLP. The key phrases to know wherever you travel are "Where is the bathroom?" "I'm sorry," and "Can I keep the credit cards, they're no use to you."
Terry, the fairer sex is always from another country.
True and funny, Cooper. What is it, do you suppose, about Linguists? I notice of the three, only one aimed to please.
¿Donde esta el banjo? That's very funny, A-bell. I think if you can find the bathroom, why listen at all?
Linguist: Someone who listen to grammar.
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