[Ads-l] "spaz(z)" redux

[Daphne Preston-Kendal]

On 15 Jun 2022, at 20:47, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> Remind me, what is Shapiro's Law ?

I thought it was ‘if there’s a cute story, it’s probably wrong’ (with regards to etymology). I recall you said this at ICHLL in 2016, but I might have subsequently invented the name for it myself.

In any case it seems not very applicable to Bill Mullins’s point. Perhaps there are multiple Shapiro’s Laws.


Daphne

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