Re: CHAT: the surprise that is at me...

Hey.

Don't be too surprised at the lack of response. I've seen the
volume, even read the papers. They're okay, as far as they go--
lots of late '60s radical political stuff mixed in with not very
serious linguistics; it's a historical curiosity anymore. Of
course the whole volume was *meant* to be tongue in cheek, but
like the old Laugh-In, the jokes just aren't funny anymore (at
least to this Me-Generation linguist).

Dirk

...I'v found this collection of essays to be amusing, if not hilarious. it's
politics now are outdated, of course, but the references are so obvious it's
hard to miss them. I'v found out through the linguist list that this
collection was actually reprinted not too long ago (1992), which should say
something for its enduring popularity. I'v found it rather strange that
there hasn't been any other things along this line - it seems to have the
notoreity of the same sort as 'the body rituals of the nacirema' has to the
anthropology set.

Byron