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Re: OT semi-colons
- Subject: Re: OT semi-colons
- From: Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:39:30 -0400
Patricia wrote:
Ah, yes. I once had a whole dossier of things kids had mis-heard and
mis-said from the staples of their school life. I pledge a legion (for
"pledge allegiance"), Harold be Thy name ("Hallowed be Thy name"), Lead us
not into Penn Station ("lead us not into temptation"), Gladly, the
cross-eyed bear ("Gladly the Cross I'd bear";
Add to this the case of a friend's niece, who sang "I forgot my
shovel/Shovel off to Buffalo."
Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx