It started on Twitter, as these things often do. I read a comment about linguists and lexicographers being to language “what grave robbers are to archeology” (the context: hatred of the newly popular because X phrase), and I tweeted it with a raised eyebrow.
Jonathon Owen replied that he wished he’d been given a “leather jacket, bullwhip, and fedora” upon graduation, James Callan said he wanted to see an “Indiana Jones pastiche focused on a linguist”, and I felt it was a meme waiting to happen. So without further ado, let me introduce Indo-European Jones (or Indy for short).
James got the giant boulder ball rolling (click on images to enlarge):
I jumped on the mine cart meme-wagon:
James added another:
Jonathon joined in:
And more of mine follow, for silliness’ sake. Apologies to Jonathon for this next one – I think vowels works better as an echo of powers:
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These all refashion lines from the films, but if you take a notion to modify the meme some other way, please do. Here’s the blank image I used. (Font style: Calibri, white, engraved.)
Updates:
Via Twitter, @ecormany offers: “we named the dog Indo-European…”; and @TSchnoebelen suggests: “I think it’s time to ask yourself…does your predicate presuppose the proposition it introduces is true?”
From (and made by) @OisinCarey:
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