From: | Ph. D. <phild@...> |
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Date: | Friday, May 13, 2005, 18:33 |
Sai Emrys wrote:> > Someone explain the "little girls' school" reference? I have not heardit.... It's the canonical example of ambiguity in English: "pretty little girls school" That could mean: 1. a school for girls who are pretty little 2. a pretty school for little girls 3. a pretty and little school for girls 4. a girls school which is pretty little 5. a school for girls who are pretty and little and several others. --Ph. D.
Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> | Pretty little girls' school (was: Non-linear / full-2d writing systems?) |