Re: more on adjectives
| From: | SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY <smithma@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 6, 2001, 22:55 |
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On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, David Peterson wrote:
> In a message dated 9/6/01 2:29:44 PM, ira@REMPT.XS4ALL.NL writes:
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> << Yes, but that's a [(one-eyed one-horned flying) ({purple people}
> eater)]: it has one eye and one horn, it flies, and it eats purple
> people.
> >>
>
> No... The thing that flies and has one horn IS purple, it doesn't eat
> "purple people". I remember seeing some sort of a video in elementary school
> where those things were definitely purple, and they were eating normal people.
One of the verses is:
"
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line
He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band
"
Seems clear that it eats purple people. There is no reference in the song
about whether the purple people fly or not. However, another line does say
"Well he came down to earth and lit in a tree."
Sounds like he is the one flying.
Marcus