"interpolate"

[Jonathan Lighter]

That solves the unemployment problem right there.

JL

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Sep 3, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > "Postulate" would work, or "suppose,"  but surely two art historians with
> > advanced degrees, at least one of whom holds an endowed chair and has
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> > at Yale, wouldn't make a silly mistake like that!
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> Although as you surely know, just anyone may teach at Yale.
>
> LH
> >
> > Note, though, that "interpolate" has four syllables, making it one-third
> > more impressive than "postulate" and a whopping twice as impressive as
> > "suppose."
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> > JL
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net>
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> >> I guess maybe "postulate" may be intendsd.
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