Subdeacon Joe Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/15/cornell-english-department-votes-to-change-name-to/ The English department at Cornell University has voted to change its name in an effort to distinguish English the language from English the nationality. The department at the Ivy League university in New York voted to change its name to “the department of literatures in English” during its first faculty meeting of the fall semester earlier this month, the student-led Cornell Daily Sun reported Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 That’s racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 The difference between English Departments and French, German, Spanish, Swahili, and all the other language departments is that the English Departments do not teach English, they teach English literature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I'm no English teacher but, I believe you mean Omnipresent, not Omnipotent. Omnipotent college faculty? Himmel verboten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Omnipresent = present everywhere. Omnipotent = all powerful. Omniscient = all knowing. Omnidumbschitt = all stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 22 minutes ago, Joke 'um said: I'm no English teacher but, I believe you mean Omnipresent, not Omnipotent. Omnipotent college faculty? Himmel verboten! What i have written, I have written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Omnivore. = eats everything omnibacon = devours bacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: What i have written, I have written. 3 hours ago, Joke 'um said: I'm no English teacher but, I believe you mean Omnipresent, not Omnipotent. Omnipotent college faculty? Himmel verboten! What Joe has written: The STUPID is Omnipotent NOT the Faculty Is Omnipotent As you say Himmel verboten CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: omnibacon = devours bacon actually, that is all the bacon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 What do you call a PhD? In this example the answer is: "A person who has been educated beyond their level of intelligence." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Badly Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Did someone say bacon? That's not regular sized bread wrapped around a pound of greasy goodness. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Cactus Jack Calder said: What Joe has written: The STUPID is Omnipotent NOT the Faculty Is Omnipotent As you say Himmel verboten CJ Exactly. The Stupid is somewhat like The Force, but much stronger. Especially on campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Didn't have my glasses on when I first read the title, and mis-read it as "The Stupid Is Omnipotent In California." Everyone knows that! Hell, I almost didn't open it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 The name change makes sense. They don’t teach English they teach English literature. If they have a class teaching English it is a remedial class, English as a second language and they have a graduate student do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 If one wanted to take a class on being English what might that class be called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 civilisation ....... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 History? Cultural anthropology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 How to eat with a knife in your right hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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