Wry or self-deprecating quotes about linguistics

Sujet : Wry or self-deprecating quotes about linguistics
De : Tristan.Miller (at) *nospam* umanitoba.ca (Tristan Miller)
Groupes : sci.lang
Date : 19. Aug 2024, 00:21:47

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Organisation : University of Manitoba Department of Computer Science
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Dear all,
Samuel Johnson famously defined a lexicographer as "a harmless drudge". Have any other lexicographers or linguists made similarly self-deprecating statements about their profession? (I tried some web searches but came up empty-handed; ChatGPT provided some real zingers from the likes of Ferdinand de Saussure, Noam Chomsky, and David Crystal, alas all hallucinated.)
Regards,
Tristan

Date	Sujet	#	Auteur
19 Aug 24	Wry or self-deprecating quotes about linguistics	4	Tristan Miller
19 Aug 24	Re: Wry or self-deprecating quotes about linguistics	3	Aidan Kehoe
21 Aug 24	Re: Wry or self-deprecating quotes about linguistics	2	HenHanna
21 Aug 24	Re: Wry or self-deprecating quotes about linguistics	1	Aidan Kehoe

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