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[Barbara Need]

"two turds", i.e. 2/3

Barbara

>From:    Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM>
>
><snip>
>
>: About a quarter-century ago, wasn't something similar to the following
>: conundrum being heard in linguistic circles?
>
>: A. A piece of shit and a turd are the same thing, right?
>: B. Right.
>: A. And if you cut a piece of shit in two, you get two pieces of shit,
>: right?
>: B. Right.
>: A. But, if you cut a turd in two, you don't get two turds, right?
>: B. Right.
>: A. Explain.
>
>Admitting further embarassment to this list, but i don't get it. For me, the
>answer to "...you don't get two turds, right?" would be "No, you do."
>
>So am i just clueless, or is this some dialect difference i've never heard
>of?
>
>FWIW, i have a student in my office (a 4.0 student who taught her bird to
>say "poopy", so she presumably has some expertise here :-) who agrees with
>my intuitions here.
>
>David Bowie                                         http://pmpkn.net/lx
>     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
>     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
>     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.