Re: tutor perks/name tags

[Sara Kimball <skimball@uts.cc.utexas.edu>]

Getting called this is one of the occupational hazards of being a 
linguist *sigh*
Sara kimball

On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, Mary Murie wrote:

> 
> 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 
> > 
> > 
>