Re: "Tuits"
Stephen Potter (spp@psasolar.colltech.com)
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 09:56:01 -0500
Am I the only one who is mildly concerned that Sarathy writes an awful lot
like Larry?
-spp
Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and larry@wall.org (Larry Wall) whispered:
| 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
|