In Case of Emergence…
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From Kris V.:
The attached image is of a door in the LRSM building on Penn's campus this morning. The sign in the upper right made me think of your recent Language Log post about "emergent". It's probably just a typo, but I didn't hang around to see what might emerge from the door.
The referenced post was "A re-emergent meaning?" 6/11/2021.
More context for today's door sign:
What might emerge? There are many possibilities, even if we focus on the LRSM…
Yerushalmi said,
June 30, 2021 @ 9:11 am
I momentarily considered that it might be a deliberate pun about an AI achieving sentience, but the rest of the context and sign seem to make that unlikely.
S Frankel said,
June 30, 2021 @ 9:19 am
It also makes sense as a spelling by a Spanish speaker.
David L said,
June 30, 2021 @ 10:01 am
Perhaps the sign was put there before the 17-year cicadas started appearing. They should take it down now.
KevinM said,
June 30, 2021 @ 2:08 pm
I know you said Philadelphia, but are you sure the sign wasn't posted in Punxsatawney?
Viseguy said,
June 30, 2021 @ 9:16 pm
What might emerge could be An Event So Wild It Could Make Anyone Feel Cosmically Small (paywall).