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Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Monday, November 29, 2004, 5:55
John Cowan wrote:

> Roger Mills scripsit: > > > But I do > > recall an amusing lapsus in print somewhere at the time-- a notice to > > the > > effect that "transportation arrangements should be made with Pan Nam", > > otherwise known as Pan Am(erican) Airways, now alas extinct. > > Thankfully extinct, IMHO. And are you sure it was a lapsus and not a pun? >
That simply had not occurred to me, probably because IMO the military mind is incapable of punning.......