He was 95. It's not easy to find intellectuals with such a wide knowledge of several unrelated topics. His main field was linguistic, yet he was popular for his political analysis and philosophical ideas as well. He will be missed.
He is not dead yet. The report came from a random unsourced Twitter post. Outlets who reached out to his wife and editor were told that he's "doing well." Why someone would do a death hoax about a nonagenarian, I don't quite understand.
Apologies to everyone. It seemed legit but I should have checked the sources more carefully. Also, as Guy also said, it was hard for me to imagine that people would bother making a fake news about something similar, but I should have known better.
yeah but c'mon, gez has a point - if you're gonna do a thread about someone dead, make sure. also why does he get a special thread? there's dead people everywhere
I contend it's ambiguous because I’m referring to a hypothetical fictional addressee c.r. Fan fiction and RPF guidelines regarding the word “bitch,” man.
He has/had a great name. Noam Chomsky. It’s like onomatopoeia for when you’re eating a delicious sandwich.
My friend has a lawn ornament called Gnome Chomsky. She got her degree in linguistics and another friend found the gnome.
Your linguistics friend will undoubtedly be familiar with Nim Chimpsky, one of those chimpanzees that they tried to teach a form of sign language.
