Master Quang; was Re: wierd acronym

[Barbara Need]

Actually Wilson, I am well aware of the work of Quang Phoc Dong--
having had the great pleasure of studying with his alter ego (may he
rest in peace!).

Barbara

Barbara Need
Chicago

On 3 Sep 2009, at 11:23 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Prof. Polkinghorne is pullinng your leg, Barbara. His is a reference
> to what has become an inside joke among the more mature among the
> linguisterati, to coin a term that, with any luck, won't get much
> traction, to coin a phrase.
>
> -Wilson
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Barbara Need<bhneed at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 3 Sep 2009, at 9:07 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
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>>> At 6:54 AM -0700 9/3/09, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> HUNS = Hanoi University of the Natural Sciences
>>>>
>>>>    - Jim Landau
>>>>
>>> Better than the acronym for the South Hanoi Institute of Technology,
>>> the affiliation of the late great linguist Quang Phuc Dong.
>>
>> Well, that's what I thought of!
>>
>> Barbara
>>
>> Barbara Need
>> Chicago
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