On Facebook today, a report on a Google AI search on “Lynneguist hospital” that inspired the bot to satisfy the search term by giving Lynne Murphy a medical degree:
[LM:] Adding medical qualifications to my cv.
I mean, here’s the evidence.
I was so taken by the image of Lynneguist, MD that I broke into Palmeristic song:
Doctor, doctor, give me the news
I’ve got a bad case of admirin’ you
Ok, now some explanations.
LM. From Wikipedia:
M. Lynne Murphy (born 1965) is a professor of linguistics at the University of Sussex, England. She runs the blog Separated by a Common Language under the username Lynneguist and has written five books.
Murphy has a BA in Linguistics and Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as an AM and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Murphy taught at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and Baylor University in Texas. In 2000, she moved to England and began teaching at the University of Sussex, where she became a professor. Her linguistic research specialises in semantics, in particular semantic relations.
… Her book The Prodigal Tongue … and her blog Separated by a Common Language compare American English and British English.
… including the AmE arthrous in the hospital vs. the BrE anarthrous in hospital.
“Doctor, Doctor”. From Wikipedia:
“Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” is a 1978 song, written and originally recorded by Moon Martin and sung a year later by Robert Palmer [on his album Secrets]. The song became one of Palmer’s definitive hits.
You can watch the music video here. Excerpts from the lyrics:
[verse 1]
A hot summer night, fell like a net
I’ve gotta find my baby yet
I need you to soothe my head
Turn my blue heart to red[refrain]
Doctor, doctor, give me / gimme the news
I’ve got a bad case of lovin’ you
No pill’s gonna cure my ill
I’ve got a bad case of lovin’ you
I’ve adapted the refrain slightly for my purposes.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm |
I am hono(u)red, Arno(u)ld!!