(A "mayhewianism" is an expression that is characteristic of Jonathan Mayhew's exemplary scholarly persona. Ideally, it is something actually written by Prof. Mayhew.)
Yes. Sort of like all those pithy remarks that are attributed to Oscar Wilde whether he actually said them or not. There is a sense in which the attribution isn't always altogether wrong.
Leaving open the possibility that someone else could come up with a Mayhewianism?
ReplyDeleteYes. Sort of like all those pithy remarks that are attributed to Oscar Wilde whether he actually said them or not. There is a sense in which the attribution isn't always altogether wrong.
ReplyDeleteI liked that one, too! Definitely very Mayhewesque.
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