A hilarious exchange, inspired by a metaquotes

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"...not just Fuzzyologists."
"I deplore that term, Mr. Grego. The suffix is Greek, from logos. Fuzzy is not a Greek word, and should not be combined with it." "Oh, rubbish, Ernst. We're not speaking Greek; we're speaking Lingua Terra. You know what Linuga Terra is? An indiscriminate mixture of English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Afrikaans, mostly English. And you know what English is? The result of the efforts of Norman men-at-arms to make dates with Saxon barmaids in the Ninth Century Pre-Atomic, and no more legitimate than any of the other results. If a little Greek suffix gets into a mess like that, it'll have to take care of itself the best way it can. And you'd better learn to like the term, because it's your new title. Chief Fuzzyologist; fifteen percent salary increase."
"For that, I believe I can condone a little linguistic barbarism."

Exchange between Victor Grego and Ernst Mallin, from "Fuzzy Sapiens" by H. Beam Piper

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[thefannishwaldo.livejournal.com]

Given ferret people's tendancies to refer to their pets as "fuzzies", this takes on special meanings. And we'd be quite chuffed to be called a 'fuzzyologist." :)

Waldo.