10. How many languages do you speak?
9. Isn't it sad, the state of grammar today? City kids can't
even speak English!
8. I didn't know there was a department in linguistics.
7. In fact, I thought linguistics was a part of
anthropology.
6. Oh, so you'll write dictionaries when you get out of
school.
5. My cousin wrote his dissertation on Icelandic grammar,
but he can't find a job in Icelandic.
4. Logistics? What's that?
3. Oh, a linguistics major! Now, how is that different from
majoring in English?
2. I've read Noam Chomsky -- I used to use his books to
teach grammar to my third-graders.
1. Oh, like William Safire?
Source:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/freyav/copley.htm#1