I love linguistics lessons from Karakand.
Such a fountain of wisdom has never before been seen on this corner of the internet.
I'm not only a dildo with a pulse, but Wikipedia with a pulse.
The Business certified "Neat" tangential story: Once I partied too hard the night before discussion section in university linguistics 101 and passed out on cheap green sheets I had forgot to wash before putting on my bed. Naturally I drooled in the course of my non compos mentis slumber.
The next morning I woke up late for discussion, threw on some clothes and ran out the door without hitting the showers first, or even checking myself out in the mirror.
This was fairly early in the term / course so our teaching assistant was asking a bunch of fucking noob questions about the material and linguistics in general. When they asked what the linguistic origin of all Romance languages was I raised my hand, was called on, and said, "
Vulgar Latin
". To which they were like
"Good job [looks at seating chart] Karakand."
After discussion I went back to my dorm because I felt like death from partying too hard the night before. Once I got there I went to my bathroom to chug some mouthwash, turned on the light, and was mortified to discover that my face was covered in green dye from the cheap sheets I had forgot to wash before drooling on. No one had said a thing to me on my way to discussion, during discussion, or when I pompously answered a question in discussion.
And that friends is why you should know linguistics.
