raconteur \rack-on-TUR\, noun:
One who excels in telling stories and anecdotes.
Raconteur is from French, from raconter, "to relate, to tell, to narrate," from Old French, from re- + aconter.
Higher education in all its "glory": teaching, writing, politics (when it's possible to be discreet, of course), and anything I have to profess or confess.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Do white people really love grammar this much?
I'm not sure I buy this, although I did spend some time marking such mistakes on graduate student theses this semester. Hmmm...
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