Studying semantics doesn’t give you much to laugh at, most of the time. In fact, rather the reverse: being too aware of what words mean, you start to miss what people mean when they say them. Anyone confronted with “Oh, it’s funny because…” has probably just told a joke to a semanticist. But there are moments that make up for it all.

For lunch at the mensa today I had a sandwich, with as filler “gek–worst“. The taste was disappointing bland. Also on offer were the following full meals (and I swear, the translation is faithful):

  • Vegetarian wok dish — €7,00
  • Meat wok dish
    • Student — €5,00
    • Non-student — €7,00

Well, it made me laugh.