Re: OT: Two language change questions
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 30, 2008, 17:26 |
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> Fascinating. I guess my reaction is more idiosyncratic than I realized.
It quite possibly has something to do with the way you imagined the
sentence "sounding" in your head - different intonation patterns make
a world of difference, and of course don't make it into the written
form.
I didn't even recognize the ambiguity at first..
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>