Fwd: the missing comma

Mon Nov 28 22:23:57 UTC 2005

a response from the colleague whose daughter was wearing the
sweatshirt in question:

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Wendy Larson [mailto:wlarson1 at stanford.edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 1:36 PM
> To: Arnold M. Zwicky; ADS
> Subject: RE: the missing comma
>
> HI Arnold,
>
> Thank you for your explanation of the phrase on my daughter's
> shirt! You are
> probably right:
>
> Slime on
> Slugs
>
> would be closer to the correct meaning. But I figured they wrote
>
> Slime
> On
> Slugs
>
> purposefully, to inject a phrase common around the campus with other
> humorous/provocative meanings -- ? Perhaps I am giving them too much
> credit...
>
> wendy