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Jonathan: "You know how the saying goes, three Jews in a room, four opinions."

Rianna: "Three Americans in a room, two opinions. I mean, I'd rather be stereotyped as having lots of opinions instead of…not thinking."

"Greek and Latin show ablaut as well, but not as strongly as Germanic. No pun intended."

Jonathan: "You can write s/he."

Jurgen: "And if you add the neuter pronoun, you get a funny sort of word—I'm not going to say it."

"I wish I knew more places that had less of an element of sketch."

"I'm just going to write it, because it's easier than spelling it."

Jurgen: "Promiscuity means ‘proximity’ in French."

Jonathan: "It would."

"It's necessary to separate ‘French’ from what I call ‘Non-French.’ There's a dichotomy and I think a lot of people who study Romance linguistics don't realise this."

"Formatting in LaTeX is like spending the extra couple of bucks to have a good liquor in your cocktail."