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The Boustrophedon-Plummerfeld Hypothesis and Futurological Linguistics
Speculative Grammarian Podcast
English - March 15, 2010 13:00 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Comedy speculative grammarian specgram linguistics language humor satire satirical linguistics parody talk show linguistic news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Boustrophedon-Plummerfeld Hypothesis and Futurological Linguistics; by Jay Trones; From Volume CXLVII, Number 2 of Speculative Grammarian, February 1993. — Recently I found myself "fortunate enough to find such occasion" (Pyles & Algeo, P.46) as to weasel the word 'boustrophedon' into a conversation. After having expounded on the many joyous properties of this word, I entreated my fellow conversational participant to remember the word, and attempt to become one of those few and proud who have used it casually in non-academia. In a subsequent discourse with my native English speaking informant, I asked her to recall the illustrious word. Her response was 'plummerfeld'. (Read by Josephine Whitford.)