Signs that make you go "hmmmm"

[Joel S. Berson]

If you hmm it, it has to be to a rhythm that puts the accent on per-.

Joel

At 6/18/2011 05:06 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
> >
> > Noted this morning on I-91, just before the Glastonbury exit (for a
> > bridge across the CT River): "Permitted loads not allowed".
>
>Arnold's way ahead of you...
>
>http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/permitted-loads/
>
>--bgz
>
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