Kmu

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Sun Apr 1 17:16:09 UTC 2012


On Apr 1, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 4/1/2012 10:28 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> On Apr 1, 2012, at 2:30 AM, W Brewer wrote:
>>
>>> It?s a newly discovered Greek letter. The K is silent.
>>>
>>
>> Along similar lines, I was thinking that it was a voiceless gnu, but
>> in light of Eric Nielsen's hypothesis, maybe it's an voiceless
>> existentialist gnu.
>
> The one of Flanders and Swann?  "You really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who."

more here:
  http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/the-news-for-gnus/

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