Re: available memory

["Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx]

Caballero wrote:
> Flash,
> "Procrustean bread" is a double pun with a mythological reference to
> boot:
What has me wondering is what language all this took place in?
ProCRUSTean s only a pun in English, no? Or is the German Krust?
(I studied German for 4 years, but it was 47 years ago.)
Bilingual puns are really difficult. A friend and coworker of
mine made a good one once: I showed him a howler perpetrated by a
socially ignorant science editor. The article was about a French
savant who was also a member of the old noblesse (probably one of
the Broglies), and the editor had given his title as "compte."
"Hmm," said my friend, "I guess he just doesn't count [comte/compte]"

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Patricia M. Godfrey
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