Rocks for Jocks, etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes, Larry, that's exactly what I meant.

But a little misunderestimating never hurt anyone.

JL

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> At 11:40 AM -0400 4/27/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >"Physics for Poets" was the official name of an introductory physics
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> >for non-majors at NYU around 1970. It was so listed in the catalogue.
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> >(That's the standard, not the emphatic, use of "so.")
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> Or the Gen-X use, as in "I'm so not taking that course."
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> LH
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