Respect

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:48 pm

A reporter for Linguistics Today went undercover to infiltrate Ministry of English Teaching and Applied Linguistics classes. Despite the shaved heads, endless bellowing between Ian Paisley-like lecturers and their students, the settling of academic scores after class in parking lots by means of baseball bats etc etc, the reporter felt that a place 'full of odd (and often obnoxious) characters' would somehow eventually achieve the excellence that all were apparently seeking. In linguistics, it seems that the loudest are the fittest to survive.

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:44 pm

fluffyhamster wrote:A reporter for Linguistics Today went undercover to infiltrate Ministry of English Teaching and Applied Linguistics classes. Despite the shaved heads, endless bellowing between Ian Paisley-like lecturers and their students, the settling of academic scores after class in parking lots by means of baseball bats etc etc, the reporter felt that a place 'full of odd (and often obnoxious) characters' would somehow eventually achieve the excellence that all were apparently seeking. In linguistics, it seems that the loudest are the fittest to survive.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:08 pm

In linguistics, it seems that the loudest are the fittest to survive.

Did anyone ever say "the meek shall inherit linguistics"?

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:18 pm

metal56 wrote:
In linguistics, it seems that the loudest are the fittest to survive.
Did anyone ever say "the meek shall inherit linguistics"?

Well, Chomsky certainly didn't say anything like that. You either, I suspect.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:13 pm

fluffyhamster wrote:
Did anyone ever say "the meek shall inherit linguistics"?

Well, Chomsky certainly didn't say anything like that. You either, I suspect.[/quote]

I hear you and Lolwhiteassnow saying "the meek will inherit Dave's, if we've got anything to do with it".

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:13 pm

metal56 wrote:I hear you and Lolwhiteassnow saying "the meek will inherit Dave's, if we've got anything to do with it".

"Might" makes right, then?

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:09 pm

fluffyhamster wrote:
metal56 wrote:I hear you and Lolwhiteassnow saying "the meek will inherit Dave's, if we've got anything to do with it".
"Might" makes right, then?

Might.

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:30 pm

And what's all this about me having a white ass now? I live on the fourth floor and couldn't keep a cat here, never mind a donkey.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:26 pm

lolwhites wrote:And what's all this about me having a white ass now? I live on the fourth floor and couldn't keep a cat here, never mind a donkey.

Burro deep.

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:32 pm

Any more silly analyses like that, lolwhites, and you'll end up looking an ass. I suggest you model yourself on the professors from Linguistics Today and treat these discussions with the seriousness that they deserve.
http://forums.eslcafe.com/teacher/viewtopic.php?t=8409

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:38 pm

fluffyhamster wrote:Any more silly analyses like that, lolwhites, and you'll end up looking an ass. I suggest you model yourself on the professors from Linguistics Today and treat these discussions with the seriousness that they deserve.
http://forums.eslcafe.com/teacher/viewtopic.php?t=8409

That's one of those "Didn't you hear my funny story the first time I told it, folks?" type posts, isn't it? Such posts normally appear when no new material is forthcoming.

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:44 pm

metal56 wrote:That's one of those "Didn't you hear my funny story the first time I told it, folks?" type posts, isn't it? Such posts normally appear when no new material is forthcoming.

Actually, I might have posted a link to it in another thread too. Glad to know you thought it was indeed funny (DLP2: That's not what I was saying. DLP1: No, it's too late, that's what you said - 'my funny story' etc). Beats having the same "point" over and over from you, anyway.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:55 pm

Glad to know you thought it was indeed funny

Interesting.

Metal56: Fluff said "Didn't you hear my funny story the first time I told it, folks?"

Listener: Sorry, did you think it was funny, Metal.

Metal: Where did I say that?

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:59 pm

metal56 wrote:
Glad to know you thought it was indeed funny
Interesting.

Metal56: Fluff said "Didn't you hear my funny story the first time I told it, folks?"

Listener: Sorry, did you think it was funny, Metal.

Metal: Where did I say that?

Wow, I seriously underestimated you, metal. You actually do have what it takes to win a debate on Linguistics Today. Hats off!

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:19 pm

Hats off!

Your would be conical (and quite comical) and have a "D" on it, of course.