A discourse on Method

[fpb]

Many of you will remember that I am apt to be cracked up by fugitive comments or quotations. One such turned up last October (five months ago, mind you) on the LJ of atheneglaukopis, a colossally talented young linguist. It proclaimed the coming of THE T-SHIRT OF DOOM. Why? Because said t-shirt bore the blazon: Shakespeare hates your emo poems. I was convulsed, and asked her where I could get one, size XXXXXX-Large.

Five months later, she found out. She went right back to her original entry, and posted the online address for the T-shirts. (For those who want to know, it is: http://www.threadless.com/product/548/Shakespeare_Hates_Your_Emo_Poems.)

I always wondered what it takes to be a great linguist - one talent I would love to have. It seems that one of the features must be a memory like ten steel traps.

Comments

[guarani]

Based on your posts, I'm pretty sure you have a good memory. And I deleted "other" from "like any other muscle" because I thought it would be too ironic, but the recommendation still stands.