absolutely trivial: linguistic songs
jester at PANIX.COM
jester at PANIX.COM
Mon Aug 14 18:35:44 UTC 2000
> > > Great! Now if we could find a song about Wittgenstein....
> >
> > Ah, the gauntlet has been thrown, I must now compose a song about
> > Wittgenstein. Or at least a lyric about him. That'll be a fun one to
> > rhyme...
>
> Isn't he referenced in Monty Python's "The Philosophers Song"?
Yes, but it doesn't rhyme:
"And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as sloshed as Schlegel."
Jesse Sheidlower
OED
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