Sunday, October 19, 2003

Quotable Quotes to Amuse Me

Last week's Linguistics lesson with Jean Chretien:
Me - "/j/" is the symbol for a "yuh" sound, like in "yes"; "/w/" is the symbol for a "wuh" sound, like in "wet".
Jean - /w/?
Me - Huh?
Jean - /w/.
Me - /j/.
Jean - /j/?
Me - /j/.
Jean - /w/?
Me - /w/?
Jean - /w/?
Me - /w/?
Jean - /j/.

Tonight's Linguistics blunder (and then recovery) with brother:
Me - /j/.
Bro - /b/.
Me - /w/?
Bro - /j/.
Me - /b/?
Bro - /j/! /w/?
Me - /w/?
Bro - /j/.
Me - /j/.
Bro - /j/.

"Now throughout history, when people get wood, they'll think of Trojans."
    --Flanders, The Simpsons: The Homer's Odyssey Episode

"Oh great, now Hamlet's acting crazy. Well no body out-crazies Ophelia. (sings) Hey nony nony with a hoo and a haw and a nony nony hey...! (falls out of window and drowns)"
    --Lisa, The Simpsons: The Hamlet Episode
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You can never have too much of The Simpsons...

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