tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post7486203065476639899..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: PenultimateK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1064549328759258782008-06-26T14:34:00.000-04:002008-06-26T14:34:00.000-04:00I weep for classicists! Ha ha -- just kidding. I w...I weep for classicists! Ha ha -- just kidding. I weep for joy that the cable modem is working in the aerie! <BR/><BR/>I try to avoid challenging words and concepts at most faculty meetings. It's just too much work to explain everything. Then again, I have been known to lie about the meanings of words ("no, <I>aeglaca</I> is always a good thing...").C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-35704512817311679762008-06-26T13:02:00.000-04:002008-06-26T13:02:00.000-04:00I made the mistake of using the word "antepenultim...I made the mistake of using the word "antepenultimate" in a report at a Faculty Meeting this year. Seeing the confusion in my (college-wide, not departmental)colleagues' eyes, I glossed it as follows: "That's what you get when you ask a classicist to define third-to-last."<BR/><BR/>I weep for my generation.Crispinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806928003525908542noreply@blogger.com