Why don't people like lisp?

[Kenny Tilton]

Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters wrote:

> |Kenny Tilton <ktilton at nyc.rr.com> writes:
> |> what is sophistry?
> 
> Frode Vatvedt Fjeld <frodef at cs.uit.no> wrote previously:
> |The story goes that in ancient Greece the sophists were recognized
> |experts on public speaking, who took pride in being able to sway their
> |audience into any point of view they liked...
> 
> This is a good description of the word.  But I think Kenny, in this
> case, was making a rather nice joke:  Being sophistical by pretending
> not to know the word... a slightly self-deprecating self-reference.

I was reaching for my dictionary when it occurred to me that coming 
clean on my ignorance was the best response/joke I could make. See sig 
for my exemplar (whatever that means).

kenny

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