Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"

[Bill Palmer]

Thanks for the correction Ben.  Obviously I was flying by the seat of my
pants on that one.

Bill Palmer

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From: "Benjamin Zimmer" <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"


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