Classicist humor

[darcydodo]

Hee! This was pointed to by an ex-grad student at Berkeley: the Onion's "You Are No Longer Welcome In The Homer Reading Group".

Comments

[emidala.livejournal.com]

it is funny but makes me feel like a complete and utter nerd for wanting to fix those end-sigmas (whatever you call them in english) - because they hurt me! :)

[darcydodo]

Yup, we were all thinking that. :) (See vaznetti's comment above!)

[jetspeaks.livejournal.com]

You know, it's entirely possible that the Onion did that just to mess with those in the know - they do that kind of thing sometimes. ^_^

[darcydodo]

That would amuse me greatly. Though I'm not quite sure I give them that much credit, as I think they were probably just using Symbol. :)

[emidala.livejournal.com]

one would think that they'd know enough symbol to understand that you get the end-sigma by pressing shift+V (in most settings, anyway). maybe that is just my hopeful font-fanatic self, though. :)

[darcydodo]

Well, I know that. But then again, I also don't use Symbol, because I know just how bad and evil it is. Maybe it's a whole big meta-joke.

[emidala.livejournal.com]

dear zeus, we are all nerds perfectionists, aren't we? :)

- and I am not even a classicist! I'm a roman archaeologist damn it!!!!