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* xkcd: Linguistics DegreeLynn McGuire
`* Re: xkcd: Linguistics Degreeartyw2@yahoo.com
 +- Re: xkcd: Linguistics DegreeJ. Clarke
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 by: Lynn McGuire - Fri, 8 Apr 2022 18:59 UTC

xkcd: Linguistics Degree
https://xkcd.com/2602/

Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree

And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.

Lynn

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On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>
> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>
> Explained at:
> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>
> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.

HIgg's got his own Boson. I should be so lucky.

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On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 12:25:40 -0700 (PDT), "artyw2@yahoo.com"
<artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>
>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>
>> Explained at:
>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>
>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>
>HIgg's got his own Boson. I should be so lucky.

But Bosun Higgs took the Jaegerdraft. Be careful what you wish for.

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 by: Dorothy J Heydt - Fri, 8 Apr 2022 22:55 UTC

In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>
>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>
>> Explained at:
>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>
>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>
Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
word!

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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 by: Dimensional Traveler - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 00:15 UTC

On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>
>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>
>>> Explained at:
>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>
>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>
> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
> word!
>
I think your word is "Cat".

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 01:47 UTC

On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>
>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>
>>>> Explained at:
>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>
>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>
>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics.  I never got a
>> word!
>>
> I think your word is "Cat".

ROTFLMAO. And yes.

Lynn

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 by: Dorothy J Heydt - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 16:04 UTC

In article <t2qj6e$a1e$1@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>
>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>
>>>> Explained at:
>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>
>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>
>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
>> word!
>>
>I think your word is "Cat".
>
Accepted! Thanks.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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On 4/9/2022 9:04 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <t2qj6e$a1e$1@dont-email.me>,
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>
>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>
>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>
>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
>>> word!
>>>
>> I think your word is "Cat".
>>
> Accepted! Thanks.
>
Hey, I'm not claiming to have the authority to assign you your word.
"Cat" is just my guess as to what word the relevant authority assigned
to you. ;)

--
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dirty old man.

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 18:30 UTC

On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>
>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>
>>>> Explained at:
>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>
>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>
>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics.  I never got a
>> word!
>>
> I think your word is "Cat".

Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Lynn

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 by: William Hyde - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 19:18 UTC

On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:30:56 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> > On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
> >> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
> >>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
> >>>>
> >>>> Explained at:
> >>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
> >>>>
> >>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
> >>>
> >> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
> >> word!
> >>
> > I think your word is "Cat".
> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Only an antidisestablismentarian would do that.

William Hyde

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 by: Titus G - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 20:14 UTC

On 10/04/22 07:18, William Hyde wrote:
> On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:30:56 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
>>>> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>>
>>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
>>>> word!
>>>>
>>> I think your word is "Cat".
>> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>
> Only an antidisestablismentarian would do that.
>
>
> William Hyde

William yde?

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On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 4:14:13 PM UTC-4, Titus G wrote:
> On 10/04/22 07:18, William Hyde wrote:
> > On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:30:56 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> >>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
> >>>> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
> >>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Explained at:
> >>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
> >>>> word!
> >>>>
> >>> I think your word is "Cat".
> >> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
> >> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
> >
> > Only an antidisestablismentarian would do that.
> >
> >
> > William Hyde
> William yde?

I have never resided in a peat bog in the Netherlands.

Or anywhere else remotely wet (my place in Texas flooded before and after I lived there, not during).

William Hyde

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 by: Dorothy J Heydt - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 22:34 UTC

In article <t2sdf3$r9u$1@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>On 4/9/2022 9:04 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <t2qj6e$a1e$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>>
>>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
>>>> word!
>>>>
>>> I think your word is "Cat".
>>>
>> Accepted! Thanks.
>>
>Hey, I'm not claiming to have the authority to assign you your word.
>"Cat" is just my guess as to what word the relevant authority assigned
>to you. ;)
>
Sounds good to me.

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 by: Dorothy J Heydt - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 22:35 UTC

In article <t2sjcr$ij6$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>
>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>
>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>
>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics.  I never got a
>>> word!
>>>
>> I think your word is "Cat".
>
>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

I am not that person.

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 by: J. Clarke - Sat, 9 Apr 2022 23:33 UTC

On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 22:35:02 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
wrote:

>In article <t2sjcr$ij6$1@dont-email.me>,
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>>
>>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics.  I never got a
>>>> word!
>>>>
>>> I think your word is "Cat".
>>
>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>
>I am not that person.

I believe that in addition to the linguistics degree, the recipient of
that word would have to be practically perfect.

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In article <dr545h9j653h95ssqo7hdjmh9acu203266@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 22:35:02 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <t2sjcr$ij6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics.  I never got a
>>>>> word!
>>>>>
>>>> I think your word is "Cat".
>>>
>>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>>
>>I am not that person.
>
>I believe that in addition to the linguistics degree, the recipient of
>that word would have to be practically perfect.
>
I am not that person either.

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 by: The Horny Goat - Sun, 10 Apr 2022 03:18 UTC

On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 22:35:02 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
wrote:

>In article <t2sjcr$ij6$1@dont-email.me>,
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>
>I am not that person.

Neither am I though that came from the first movie I ever saw....

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On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 02:15:07 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>>>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>>>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>>>
>>>I am not that person.
>>
>>I believe that in addition to the linguistics degree, the recipient of
>>that word would have to be practically perfect.
>>
>I am not that person either.

don't forget the "in every way" part...

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On Saturday, 9 April 2022 at 19:30:56 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> > On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
> >> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
> >>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
> >>>>
> >>>> Explained at:
> >>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
> >>>>
> >>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
> >>>
> >> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
> >> word!
> >>
> > I think your word is "Cat".
> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

"used as a nonsense word by children to express approval"

Awkward question: is that a word? Or just a noise?

Here's a story where a Dutch university student
uses it on their teacher, and my sympathy is
with the latter.
<https://notalwaysright.com/better-use-it-carefully-or-it-could-change-your-life/243847/>

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 by: J. Clarke - Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:31 UTC

On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 02:22:48 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, 9 April 2022 at 19:30:56 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> > On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> >> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
>> >> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> >>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>> >>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Explained at:
>> >>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>> >>>>
>> >>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>> >>>
>> >> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
>> >> word!
>> >>
>> > I think your word is "Cat".
>> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>
>"used as a nonsense word by children to express approval"
>
>Awkward question: is that a word? Or just a noise?
>
>Here's a story where a Dutch university student
>uses it on their teacher, and my sympathy is
>with the latter.
><https://notalwaysright.com/better-use-it-carefully-or-it-could-change-your-life/243847/>

If you remember the song you will realize that the students used it
exactly as intended.

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On Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:19:23 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

>On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 02:15:07 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>Heydt) wrote:
>
>>>>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>>>>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>>>>
>>>>I am not that person.
>>>
>>>I believe that in addition to the linguistics degree, the recipient of
>>>that word would have to be practically perfect.
>>>
>>I am not that person either.
>
>don't forget the "in every way" part...

That seems in the first appearance of the term to be a modifier--it's
on another line in a different font.

At the end she makes a statement about "practically perfect people"
suggesting that there is more than one of them--Bert would I suspect
be another.

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On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 13:56:01 -0700 (PDT), William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 4:14:13 PM UTC-4, Titus G wrote:
>> On 10/04/22 07:18, William Hyde wrote:
>> > On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:30:56 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> >> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> >>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> >>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
>> >>>> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> >>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>> >>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Explained at:
>> >>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
>> >>>> word!
>> >>>>
>> >>> I think your word is "Cat".
>> >> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>> >> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>> >
>> > Only an antidisestablismentarian would do that.
>> >
>> >
>> > William Hyde
>> William yde?
>
>I have never resided in a peat bog in the Netherlands.
>
>Or anywhere else remotely wet (my place in Texas flooded before and after I lived there, not during).

Just in case you missed it -- he is referring to your
typo:"antidisestablismentarian" for "antidisestablishmentarian".

But I suppose everybody got that, including yourself, so ...

never mind.
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

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On Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:18:36 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
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>On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 22:35:02 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <t2sjcr$ij6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>>
>>I am not that person.
>
>Neither am I though that came from the first movie I ever saw....

And how fortunate you were!

The first movie I remember was about trained pigeons. And their
trainer. I enjoyed it, being at an age where I found pretty much
anything to be entertaining, especially the pigeon mini-drama at the
end.
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

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On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 02:22:48 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, 9 April 2022 at 19:30:56 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> > On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> >> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
>> >> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> >>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>> >>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Explained at:
>> >>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>> >>>>
>> >>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>> >>>
>> >> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
>> >> word!
>> >>
>> > I think your word is "Cat".
>> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>
>"used as a nonsense word by children to express approval"
>
>Awkward question: is that a word? Or just a noise?

A word. With a lot of syllables which themselves are words.

Proof positive that English /could/ be a agglutinative language, if it
wanted to be.

>Here's a story where a Dutch university student
>uses it on their teacher, and my sympathy is
>with the latter.
><https://notalwaysright.com/better-use-it-carefully-or-it-could-change-your-life/243847/>
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

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Subject: Re: xkcd: Linguistics Degree
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 by: pete...@gmail.com - Sun, 10 Apr 2022 16:34 UTC

On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 11:28:59 AM UTC-4, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 02:22:48 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
> <rja.ca...@excite.com> wrote:
> >On Saturday, 9 April 2022 at 19:30:56 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> >> > On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >> >> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
> >> >> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> >>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
> >> >>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Explained at:
> >> >>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
> >> >>>
> >> >> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
> >> >> word!
> >> >>
> >> > I think your word is "Cat".
> >> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
> >> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
> >
> >"used as a nonsense word by children to express approval"
> >
> >Awkward question: is that a word? Or just a noise?
> A word. With a lot of syllables which themselves are words.
>
> Proof positive that English /could/ be a agglutinative language, if it
> wanted to be.
> >Here's a story where a Dutch university student
> >uses it on their teacher, and my sympathy is
> >with the latter.
> ><https://notalwaysright.com/better-use-it-carefully-or-it-could-change-your-life/243847/>

I note that it not a particularly good answer to the teacher's question ("Name an English
word that a native speaker would have trouble spelling correctly.") The word is long, and
not used outside that song, but there are no tricks in spelling; it's spelled pretty much as
It sounds, unlike, say, 'Paraphernalia'.

Pt

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