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hahaha http://gaussfacts.com/top #gauss . now waiting for #teslafacts please

@hoverbird @kirkhamilton or “Ocean’s Eleven”. #heistpoliticsAREofficepolitics

the whole “lv owt and mengle vowlz n sufficksez” renaming trend is a bit of a klaustrfk. (attn @urihoresh @Fritinancy)

@urihoresh @Plixi W.T.F., peepul. also, what’s with the -z suffix? “ptz” pronounced “points”? attn: @Fritinancy #renamingdisaster

@lousylinguist @nmashton ie, “Bittner 1987 was an IDIOT, but got it together by 1995, mostly” — Bittner 2007 #ihadthatlifetenyearslater

@urihoresh hey, sorry, sometimes the urge to make Goscinny puns is greater than my usual abilities to suppress language peeving.

@urihoresh I think only Asterix and Obelix can have that kind of Gaul; do you mean “gall”? like “spleen”?

@stuartrobinson et al: agreed, not an intended dig at linguists. also, ling has done little to distinguish vs. rhetoricians, philosophers

@lousylinguist @kaitlinjohnson human brain still a better learner than the Google (so far), and uses info sources w much higher D

@lousylinguist I saw that too; I took a deep breath & decided I’d rather not mix it up (I agree with his basic point, not that detail)