tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post5248105643245418222..comments2024-03-27T21:39:27.170-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: Ramping Up for the SemesterNotorious Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-34731023214784509152011-09-29T11:02:13.041-07:002011-09-29T11:02:13.041-07:00I apologize for my sermon. I am surrounded by pre...I apologize for my sermon. I am surrounded by pretentious academic fuckheads and occasionally, sick of their antics, I lash out at someone who doesn't deserve it. There's a world of difference between calling oneself an intellectual on a blog and doing it in person. I should have taken it out on your other commentators, the first one for being a goon and the others for being schmucks.<br /><br />I am in a bad mood today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-45099479337764068642011-09-29T10:09:30.246-07:002011-09-29T10:09:30.246-07:00Thank you, Anonymous. In this case, I think your ...Thank you, Anonymous. In this case, I think your recommendation of not taking the advice of random, anonymous people on the internet is quite sound.Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-276233143481469932011-09-29T10:02:08.546-07:002011-09-29T10:02:08.546-07:00I am troubled by what I read. First of all, it is...I am troubled by what I read. First of all, it is my humble opinion that no one who calls himself an intellectual is an intellectual. Same thing pretty much goes for the term "scholar." You should probably drop laying claim to those two attributes. It looks bad. Secondly, I am amazed that you would take the advice of random people on the interwebs. Syllabus is a 2nd declension masculine noun. What's more, it's from a Greek second declension masculine noun. Nowhere, at least in classical literature, is it used as a fourth. Look it up in the OLD or L&S, and check the PHI database.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-71192492133388276982011-08-13T01:39:40.360-07:002011-08-13T01:39:40.360-07:00Some 4th-declension stuff is good like that though...Some 4th-declension stuff is good like that though; it only just occurred to me that the plural of `consensus' is indistinguishable in text from the singular, which is <i>as it should be</i>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-79316480802628043982011-08-10T09:45:17.687-07:002011-08-10T09:45:17.687-07:00wait -- syllabus is 4th declension? argh.wait -- syllabus is 4th declension? argh.Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-64364453090118660482011-08-09T20:12:57.082-07:002011-08-09T20:12:57.082-07:00Or Latin, even.Or Latin, even.Curt Emanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531034596024372214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-57363845790677808402011-08-09T14:30:24.141-07:002011-08-09T14:30:24.141-07:00I'm with non-pedantic. Syllabi is cutomary Ame...I'm with non-pedantic. Syllabi is cutomary American usage - we've bastardized English over the last 200 years - I say let's give Lation a go too!Curt Emanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531034596024372214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-49834114309613388482011-08-09T13:05:21.541-07:002011-08-09T13:05:21.541-07:00pfft I'm a classicist and I say syllabi. Long ...pfft I'm a classicist and I say syllabi. Long live language change!non-pedantic classicistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-85370935207728024122011-08-09T12:50:13.690-07:002011-08-09T12:50:13.690-07:00Damn fourth declension always tripped me up.Damn fourth declension always tripped me up.Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-21315072833225359712011-08-09T12:47:57.452-07:002011-08-09T12:47:57.452-07:00Hate to be pedantic (a lie) but plural of "sy...Hate to be pedantic (a lie) but plural of "syllabus" is either syllabuses or syllabus. Pesky Latin...Daniel Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655930020536310634noreply@blogger.com