Jan 12, 2005 13:46
I have heard some amusingly arrogant comments in my classes, but this one takes the cake:
My instructor, a PHD candidate, was explaining indexicality when a graduate student raised his hand.
"Whose defition of indexicality are you using? I studied under Charles Purse."
"I am drawing a little from Purse, but I'm mostly using Michael Silverstein's definition."
"Oh," said the graduate student, "Mike."