Re: A Simple Four Phrase Types Theory

Of course there are variations on this theme. The one I know is:
Hitler has only got one ball
The other is in the Albert Hall
His mother, the dirty f*****
Cut it off when he was small.
Mike
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From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
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Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 2:13 AM
Subject: Re: A Simple Four Phrase Types Theory


> Philippe Caquant scripsit:
>
> > 1/ enunciative sentences. By such sentences the
> > speaker just wants some information to get to the
> > addressee?s conscience,
>
> This puzzled me for quite a while, until I recalled that in French
> "conscience" equates to both "conscience" and "consciousness" in
> English.  It's the latter you want, I think.
>
> > - Une fois ? Deux fois ? Trois fois ? Adjug? !
> > (auction)
>
> Anglophone auctioneers say "Going, going, gone, sold to <whomever>".
>
> > - (Whistling River Kwa? main theme) (feeling great)
>
> This tune, called "Colonel Bogey March" ("Colonel Bogey" is a name
> for an old-school military officer), actually does have words, which are
> *implied* in the context of the film by whistling the tune:
>
>         Hitler, he has just one ball,
>         Goering has two, but awfully small,
>         Himmler has something sim'lar,
>         And Goebbels has no balls at all.
>
> --
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