Re: CHAT: various infotaining natlang tidbits
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 15, 2000, 11:23 |
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> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:50:36 +0200
> From: Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
> That's the catch! The resemblance is what's funny. The same cannot be
> said for "bat". No resemblance, no funny. Get it? Aaaaaaaargh..... I
> give up! Its sooo frustrating when people don't have the same sense
> of humour as one does. I feel like I'm on stage as a comedian in front
> of a bunch of overly serious nerds who have to dissect everything
> mentioned: "I don't get! That's not funny, that's normal! Everyone
> does that! I do that! WE ALL DO THAT! etc. etc. etc."
I resemble that remark! I refuse to be overly serious!
Well, sorry for coming down all PC on you, Kristian. I've finally
found out why I've been so stroppy recently, and I'm dealing with it
directly instead of letting it make me the grumpy old man of CONLANG.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)