Re: "Tuits"
Larry Wall (larry@wall.org)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:32:23 -0700
Gurusamy Sarathy writes:
: On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:21:34 PDT, Larry Wall wrote:
: >There is no relation to the word "tuition", though we sometimes make
: >puns on "round tuition", since tuition is what enables you to study
: >something. A happy coincidence.
:
: There are other myriad free-associations that come to mind.
:
: Since it is usually given for free, it sits well with gratuity. Though,
: too much of that becomes gratuitous.
:
: When my lack of tuits weighs heavily on the mind, I often refer to it
: as tuitage. When that's not the case, I consider myself fortuitous.
: Oddly, some seem to have that kind of luck in perpetuity.
:
: Of course, none of this is probably intuitive, but that's just lack of
: tutelage. :-)
Ain't you s'posed to be workin'? :-)
Larry