Wilson Gray wrote: > On my very first day in the first grade 1942 in Saint Louis, I was > victimized by the following word game: > > Q. What's your name? > A. Putting and ta'en! > Ask me again > And I'll tell you the same. I've heard of it, though I've never heard it myself; my impression was that the first line of the answer was "Puddin' tame". Jim Parish