Re: tutor perks/name tags

[Mary Murie <mmurie@comp.uark.edu>]

I was given a button that said "cunning linguist" by a fun-loving 
relative.  I put it on for a joke, forgot I had it on my lapel, had a 
conference, made a lasting impression.

MMurie

  On Thu, 22 Feb 1996 
WRCENTER@lucy.ch.pdx.edu wrote:

>  Lee,
> 
> I can relate.  I've toyed with the idea of having a costume for each day
> of the week.  Inquisitor would fit in nicely.  
> 
> Cliff Barnett
> 
> P.S.  You can never watch too much Monty Python!
> 
> > Yes.  It's all clear to me now.  Maybe "RHETORIC RECEPTIONIST" or "SYNTACTIC SURGICAL 
> >TECHNICIAN" would do as well. 
> >
> > I confess in some of my darker, more cynical moments I've envisioned even better--especially as I toy with 
> >"satelite" tutoring ideas: How about Grammatical Inquisitors, equipped in black capes and wide-brimmed 
> >black hats, charged with hiding behind trees and lurking around the corners of buildings, carefully listening 
> >for language heresies in passers-by, and then leaping out with the accusatory cry, "NO ONE ESCAPES THE 
> >GRAMMATICAL INQUISITION!"  The accused would then be carted off to the High Dean's office where they 
> >would be made to sign Grammatical Retractions or be exiled to a neighboring state. 
> >
> > I've watched too much Monty Python. 
> >
> > -- Lee 
> 
>