Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for October 30, 2020
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Transcript:
Can you explain the idea of self referential phrases to me? Well, do you know the old saying about self-referential phrases? No, what is it? That was it. Linguistics profs are a bunch of condescending pedants.
rmercer Premium Member over 3 years ago
I can’t understand why there aren’t any self-referential comments on this cartoon…
mudak326 over 3 years ago
Speaking as a linguist, at least we’re not pedantic condescensors.
johngregor Premium Member over 3 years ago
You just read this sentence.
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
When is a tautology not the same thing as?
tims145 over 3 years ago
Not totally accurate. Some are just condescending, and some are just pedants.