Linguistics Lecturer Gifts

Department of Linguistics.

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

"Of course he's smiling. He's getting $15,000 to give a lecture on free speech."

The Signing of tthe United States Constitution

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

'I have a plan 'B' but that's also dependent on a working projector bulb.'

Solicitor speaks legal jargon and has a translator who tells client: 'You haven't a hope!'

'OK, team, let's review: when the arrow goes down, it means...?

Campaign for Plain English

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

'Darling I want you to remember this always,,,'

Eternal Student.

Thru versus Through Traffic

'I'm Jeremy's father. I'm a computer consultant and I'm unemployed.'

Clown teaches how to speak Jibberish

"Monsieur, si vous plaît. I'm sure I ordered the fusilli and not the Fusilier."

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

Big Tex Silver Saddle Restaurant advertises 'BBQ, $10, Chatter in a Vanishing Regional Dialect $1.00 Extra.'

"Make a lot of money."

"You and your, 'why bother to learn another language. Everyone in the known universe speaks, Zarconian'!"

Punctuation Police

Restaurant Francais: All you can pronounce £30.

Peter's Pitas - now with pickled peppers.

What's normal?

Scarcity

"Damn - another letter to the editor."

"For heaven's sake, Ogden, it's vacation time! Must you make your little lists even on vacation time?"

"Nervous about this morning's presentation?"

'...And here we have the 'Laugher Curve.''

'The Questioner'

"If Google Translate is correct, they want our women and our cattle."

"‘Extra vile old ox’? No, sir – it stands for ‘extra virgin olive oil.’"