who says linguists aren't funny? REDUX

[fox]

this is a direct quote from The Growth and Maintenance of Linguistic Complexity, by Östen Dahl, 2004 (page ix, from the introduction):

At this point, the phrase "all remaining errors are my own" is expected; however, in the context of this book, it should be noticed that it has been ritualized to the point of almost entirely losing its informational value (see further sections 2.5 and 5.3 ["Inflationary Phenomena" and "Ritualization and Conventions", respectively -- darthfox]).  I also think that some responsibility for remaining errors should be taken by the well-known software company whose programs sometimes pretend they are more intelligent than they in fact are.

hee!