Comments on: That great linguist, Groucho Marx, and other stories http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/09/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/ Understanding technology ... in both senses of the phrase Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Brett Newbold http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/09/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-60712 Brett Newbold Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:03:57 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/10/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-60712 Hi Curt, Just saw this. Yep, little slower nowadays. I did own/run a bar/restaurant in Cambridge, Idaho for a while. Very bad at retirement. I'm now the the COO at a very cool company doing linguistic/climate stuff, Cooler Inc. (climatecooler.com) Best to you and yours. Hi Curt,

Just saw this. Yep, little slower nowadays.

I did own/run a bar/restaurant in Cambridge, Idaho for a while. Very bad at retirement. I’m now the the COO at a very cool company doing linguistic/climate stuff, Cooler Inc. (climatecooler.com)

Best to you and yours.

]]> By: DBMS2 — DataBase Management System Services»Blog Archive » The petabyte machine http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/09/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-9717 DBMS2 — DataBase Management System Services»Blog Archive » The petabyte machine Tue, 29 May 2007 12:35:36 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/10/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-9717 [...] Time flies. [...] [...] Time flies. [...]

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/09/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-3058 Curt Monash Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:17:38 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/10/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-3058 Sorry. No clue. I knew that saying for almost 30 years before I found the Groucho attribution on the Web. Sorry. No clue. I knew that saying for almost 30 years before I found the Groucho attribution on the Web.

]]> By: Andrew Clegg http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/09/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-2977 Andrew Clegg Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:32:43 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/10/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-2977 Hi, I know this is a really old post, but I'm trying to nail down the genuine source of that alleged Groucho quote (for my PhD thesis no less). Everyone seems to think he said it, but no-one knows when or where. If you actually have a citation, could you mail it to me please? Many thanks, Andrew. Hi,

I know this is a really old post, but I’m trying to nail down the genuine source of that alleged Groucho quote (for my PhD thesis no less). Everyone seems to think he said it, but no-one knows when or where. If you actually have a citation, could you mail it to me please?

Many thanks,

Andrew.

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/09/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-1831 Curt Monash Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:31:56 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/10/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-1831 Hi Brett! I gather you had a little trouble telling nouns from verbs? Yes, I think of you often, especially when I reflect sadly on the lack of success Oracle has had in search. The progress-to-potential ratio there has been pretty sad in the years since 8.1.5 or so.  What are you up to these days? The latest word was that you were running a bar in Colorado, which I stored in my "Might or might not be aprocryphal" file, in the subcategory "probably is incomplete even if true." And back to the original topic: I saw the Groucho Marx quote pasted on a wall in the new TV show Studio 60. Best, CAM Hi Brett! I gather you had a little trouble telling nouns from verbs?

Yes, I think of you often, especially when I reflect sadly on the lack of success Oracle has had in search. The progress-to-potential ratio there has been pretty sad in the years since 8.1.5 or so.  What are you up to these days? The latest word was that you were running a bar in Colorado, which I stored in my “Might or might not be aprocryphal” file, in the subcategory “probably is incomplete even if true.”

And back to the original topic: I saw the Groucho Marx quote pasted on a wall in the new TV show Studio 60.

Best,

CAM

]]> By: Brett Newbold http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/09/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-1828 Brett Newbold Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:18:55 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/10/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-1828 Hi Curt, Remember me? I remember you. My favorite of these kind of linguistic twisters is: Polish police curb riots. Parse that one. Cheers, Hi Curt,

Remember me? I remember you.

My favorite of these kind of linguistic twisters is:

Polish police curb riots. Parse that one.

Cheers,

]]> By: Text Technologies»Blog Archive » Procter & Gamble on text mining projects http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/09/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-1686 Text Technologies»Blog Archive » Procter & Gamble on text mining projects Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:23:56 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2006/06/10/that-great-linguist-groucho-marx-and-other-stories/#comment-1686 [...] Elsewhere in his talk, McFadden held forth in generalities about how to gain support from senior management for new technology, something of which there was too much at the Summit (he wasn’t the worst offender). And he completely endeared himself to me when he explicitly made the Groucho Marx citation. • • • [...] [...] Elsewhere in his talk, McFadden held forth in generalities about how to gain support from senior management for new technology, something of which there was too much at the Summit (he wasn’t the worst offender). And he completely endeared himself to me when he explicitly made the Groucho Marx citation. • • • [...]

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