Re: English is a crazy language
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 11:03 |
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The Gray Wizard scripsit:
> > And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise
> > man and a wise guy are such opposites?
Miles and Mark Vorkosigan (for those who know who they are) are at one
point referred to as "the Chance brothers: Fat and Slim". The point
being that Mark is indeed fat and Miles slim.
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