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Re: CHAT: English is SO HARD, even the English can't speak it

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 15:54
>ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:
>My favorites (and I have to watch myself in proper discourse) are: >Hoobert Heever (Pres. of the US just before FDR) and "one swell foop" - >- leftovers from schooldays.
If you've attended a religious service which includes readings from a Sacred Scripture, you have probably heard some humorous instances. Genesis 15:17 tells of a flaming brazier (New American Bible translation). I once heard "a flaming brassiere." Luke 16:26, in the story of the rich man and Lazarus tells of a great abyss. I have heard "a great abbess." Both of these mispronunciations bring interesting pictures to mind! Charlie

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