Re: Vocab lists

John Cowan sikyal:

> Roger Mills scripsit:
>
> > Then there's the famous McCawley couplet:
> > "They named their child Fafnir"
> > "They named their child something strange" (This distinction was also a
> > problem in Kash)
>
> I don't understand this, though it reminds me of:
I believe it's meant to illustrate the contrast between "They named the
child <name>" and "They named the child <description of name>".

> A. Spiro conjectures Ex-Lax.
> Q. What does Pat Nixon frost her cakes with?
This, however, took me a while to figure out.


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