Yeah,
sometimes I try and apply my dissertation chairman’s exhortations about teaching a certain type of critter to sing.
Besides my keyboard keying is sofware flakey again att.
What language is that?
You wrote:
“sometimes I try and apply my dissertation chairman’s exhortations about teaching a certain type of critter to sing.”
My dissertation chairman’s advice was to read deeply the best works, learn the necessary languages, know the cultures involved and use common sense. He also warned against using the passive voice - in that I failed him all the time. Everything else I got right.