"interpolate"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Larry, you are perfectly qualified to run for high office. See you in the
Rose Garden!

JL

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Sep 3, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > That solves the unemployment problem right there.
> >
> > JL
>
> Ah, but I didn't say *everyone* may teach here.
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> LH
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
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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
> >> taught
> >>> at Yale, wouldn't make a silly mistake like that!
> >>
> >> 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."
> >>>
> >>> JL
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net>
> >> wrote:
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> >>>> I guess maybe "postulate" may be intendsd.
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