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Re : Re: Attachment ambiguities, reported speech with humor

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Date:Monday, October 4, 1999, 13:08
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 04/10/99 10:40:01  , christophe a =E9crit :

> OK, I hope I can get away with this... I remember > > we were talking about attachment ambiguities some > > weeks or months ago, and now someone lends me this. > > It's a recording of a show by a group of comediens > > that play home-made instruments (they are called > > 'Les Luthiers'). This is the transcription of a > > part of that show, where a king gives a serenade > > to his beloved Marma; he can't sing, so he tells > > a minstrel what to say, and the minstrel puts music > > to it. > > > =20 > Hilarious, simply hilarious! :) Exactly the kind of humour I like=
.=20 I'
> m > gonna keep this message carefully, I don't want to lose it :) . > =20
i laughed so much too. i could imagine the characters struggling with words and each others. uh. no : struggling with each others' words. or whatever. mathias