Brian Bloch鈥檚 excellent piece on impenetrable academic German (鈥Tapeworm got your tongue?鈥, News, 12 June) reminded me of a comment I heard many years ago about the German professoriate: 鈥淪ie sch盲men sich, wenn sie verstanden werden.鈥 (They are ashamed when they are understood.)
P贸l 脫 Dochartaigh
National University of Ireland, Galway
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