Re: Cox (was: News about Futurese)

--- In conlang@y..., John Cowan <jcowan@R...> wrote:
> Adrian Morgan scripsit:
>
> > Actually I thought of the old limerick: "There was a (forgotten) /
>
> "Young maid from Madras".  Mentioning a woman in a context of light
> verse (or jokes) automatically sets up salacious expectations which
> in this case are going to be defeated.  That tradition goes back to
> Old English too.
>
> > who had a remarkable ass. / 'Twas not rounded and pink / as you
> > probably think / 'twas grey, had long ears and ate grass".
>
> Of course, people from Madras tend to be brown, not pink!
> You can't have everything.
Then it should be "...a girl of high class".  Then again, those kind
of girls don't tend to have donkeys.  =P


-- Christian Thalmann

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