Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> I'm reminded of Henry Kissisnger's remark that professorial egos within the
> humanities are so large, because the consequences are so small.

The line often attributed to Kissinger is: "The politics of the
university are so intense because the stakes are so low." But credit
actually goes to Columbia political science professor Wallace S.
Sayre. More here:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0502A&L=ads-l&P=20506


--Ben Zimmer

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