"interpolate"

[Laurence Horn]

On Sep 3, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> "Postulate" would work, or "suppose,"  but surely two art historians with
> advanced degrees, at least one of whom holds an endowed chair and has taught
> at Yale, wouldn't make a silly mistake like that!

Although as you surely know, just anyone may teach at Yale.

LH
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> Note, though, that "interpolate" has four syllables, making it one-third
> more impressive than "postulate" and a whopping twice as impressive as
> "suppose."
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> JL
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> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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>> I guess maybe "postulate" may be intendsd.
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