From the Island of Bad Infographics II—Mizero Caquícona SpecGram Vol CLXXIII, No 1 Contents Immeasurable Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know—Madalena Cruz-Ferreira

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Computational Linguist,
Nasal-Ingressive Voiceless Velar Trill, Chomsky
A Not-Quite-New Game for Every Linguist

by Phlange Kadigan
Linguistic Gamesman Extraordinaire

With the introduction in 2009 of my novel and exciting variant of Rochambeau, “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Computational Linguist, Nasal-Ingressive Voiceless Velar Trill, Chomsky,” I expected the game to spread like wildfire and lead to a new era of “Rochambeau 2.0” throughout Linguistics Land. Alas and alack, that has not been the case to date.

I am not without hope, however. Having recently completed a very expensive series of Master Class Seminars on “Contagion-Based Marketing”, “Thesaural Term Forging”, “Autoreferential Aplomb”, “Oral Locution Promulgation”, and “Ocular, Acoustic, and Proprioceptive Erudition Modes”, I am utterly convinced that I am overly qualified to diagnose, treat, and prevent exactly this kind of problem, lack of FDA approval notwithstanding. Clearly, what is called for is a simple and pleasant diagram, illustrating the non-transitivity and non-Chomskyan moral superiority of the game.

Such a diagram is presented for your amusement and edification below.

From the Island of Bad Infographics IIMizero Caquícona
Immeasurable Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t KnowMadalena Cruz-Ferreira
SpecGram Vol CLXXIII, No 1 Contents