A Quote by Douglas Adams

Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.

Douglas Adams

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Douglas Adams
English - Writer
March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001

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