Another brilliant observation

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Sun Jun 27 04:56:11 UTC 2010


On Jun 26, 2010, at 8:20 PM, victor steinbok wrote:

> It's not NYT--it's just David Brooks. As for the rest, buffalo buffalo
> buffalo buffalo buffalo.
>
> VS-)
>
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> OTOH, I'm  buffaloed by the NYT's _anosognosic_ "someone who knows
>> that something is wrong, but who doesn't know what it is." It's based
>> on Classical Greek, not Homeric. But, nevertheless, one expects of
>> oneself...

ah, well, if it's just David Brooks ...

(Wilson didn't give the source, beyond the NYT, unless i missed something, which is always possible.)

arnold

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