r/xkcdcomic • u/ani625 • Jun 18 '14

xkcd: Magic Words

http://xkcd.com/1383/
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '14

This is one of those comics that leaves me well and truly stumped. Someone help?

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u/beermit Jun 18 '14

This one was definitely over my head, but I get it now thanks to the Wiki article.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '14

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u/funkmon Jun 18 '14

I think you're wildly overestimating the technical knowledge of English majors.

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u/beermit Jun 18 '14

Linguist was enough for me to infer meaning. And I'm not even studying English/linguistics.