mirrorbird(22:01:45)
Hexa: (hi mate!) it's funny you say it, because in cartoons you see the birdies flying around the head, and i remember when i was very young, like 16 17 years old, the room would spin
HexaDecimator(22:01:06)
I'm sure someone would study leprechauns after a long enough night at the pub!
mirrorbird(22:01:01)
fine. ok. it's a word. but it's wrong not to give the context lol
mirrorbird(22:00:46)
and guess what i found -- it's actually a term only used in Dawkinsian fuck-you anti-theology i.e. "i can prove this one as much as you can prove the other one"
mirrorbird(22:00:19)
something i saw on wiktionary yesterday: "leprechaunology" (or "leprechology"), apparently the study of leprechauns. now mate i thought "NOBODY STUDIES LEPRECHAUNS"
mirrorbird(21:59:43)
you MIGHt talk like one but it would be pure coincidence
mirrorbird(21:59:30)
this was a hypothetical creature
Oldchap(21:59:15)
But hey: did I really talk like a grunting ogre?
Oldchap(21:58:27)
I should have finished my dissertation a long time ago and found myself a teaching position somewhere. But many unexpected detours in life... I am still working on the research for it, as well as writing a book. So there's always something new to learn in