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Dove | @merelydovely ([personal profile] merelydovely) wrote2018-12-07 12:41 pm
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Wugs

Saw a username mentioning wugs (of Wug Test fame) and was suddenly seized with a desire to publish a fantasy or sci-fi series in which wugs are featured creatures

then I realized that if wugs were recognizable creatures, the wug test would no longer work to ascertain children's acquisition of English morphology

and THEN I remembered that even if I managed to finish such a story, there'd be absolutely no chance of it being successful enough to have such a drastic impact, so.

Anyway. Have some wugs.
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[personal profile] rainsometimes 2018-12-07 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, those wugs are so wuggy! I wug them!
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[personal profile] alasse_irena 2018-12-07 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
So is the way this world works that English speaking linguists are the unwitting gods of an alternate universe in which anything they invent for experimental purposes is real? =P
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[personal profile] hebethen 2018-12-08 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
1. Delightful.
2. Hey, you never know -- but at any rate, invalidating the wug test just means the history-of-linguistics folks down the road will have a fun story to tell :P