Heard on the Judges

[David Bowie]

From:    Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>

> Case A: Male African-American Latino speaker from Buffalo:

> "And, from there, it _especulated_ into a confrontation."

> I assume that the speaker had what a German friend of mine used to
> call "a schwer English wort" handy and that, unconcerned with meaning,
> he just tossed it into his testimony in an effort to impress the judge
> with his erudition.

I am reminded of Oswald Bates (from the In Living Color series).

"I believe it was Plato...No, excuse me, I mean Play-Doh...who stuck to
the wall when he said one must not put one's transvestite in jeopardy if
one is to become a cunning linguist..."

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--
David Bowie                               University of Central Florida
     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.

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