“The corresponding abstract noun is ‘snootitude’”: Bryan Garner glosses David Foster Wallace’s snoot .
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Bryan Garner on snoot
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Somehw in the developmnt of this trm, a vowl (and an umlaut) seems to have been dropped! The word is "Sprachgefühl" and not "Sprachgefhl." Maybe it's just a typo by the Law Prose people. I certainly hope it isn't an oversight by DFW!
ReplyDeleteYes, it’s a typo in Garner’s post. Wallace’s essay has it right. I left a comment crediting you and asking if snootitude includes typo-catching.
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