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I get that sometimes. You'll know it when you get it L On 1 August 2014 12:41, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > L what's poetphobia? > P of no knowledge x > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Lawrence Upton > Sent: 01 August 2014 11:32 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: homophonia > > It is sad, but not just of America. (Surely a name like No Men) should do > the trick. > > When I was teaching Computer Science, my Head of Sector - whose Science > knowledge came from airport self-improvement books, complained that we were > teaching material way beyond the students' current level. After inquiring, > at a level appropriate to her Communication Skills, it turned out that we > were using "Advanced Word Processing" materials. > > I explained it was to try to ensure that we received coherent documents as > well as giving them a transferable skill. Yes, she said, but you shouldn't > do advanced work in the first year. > > So we took the word out and reprinted. > > Some years ago, either in Portsmouth or Plymouth, big difference I know, > but > I only remember the P and the mouth - there must be a joke there - some > years ago a doctor was hounded from her house by crowd-cum-mob, smashing > windows and threatening more, while the police stood and watched, > apparently > persuaded she was getting her just deserts. > > She was a paediatrician; and the mob knew that means she has sex with > children. > > So, as Vonnegut remarked, it goes > > L > > > > > > > > > > On 1 August 2014 03:43, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Now you know the general level of the American educational system. > > Sad, isn't it? > > > > Ken > > > > On 7/31/2014 5:54 PM, Max Richards wrote: > > > >> http://www.salon.com/2014/07/31/blogger_allegedly_fired_ > >> from_language_school_for_teaching_students_about_ > >> homophonia/?source=newsletter > >> > > >