"war" [wor]
Charles Doyle
cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Thu Aug 14 13:40:30 UTC 2008
Last night the folks at MSNBC were discussing McCain's bellicosity regarding the Russia-Georgia conflict, and the caption on the screen read "War More Years." I was baffled for a good many seconds, trying to ascertain wherein consisted the wit of the expression. Finally I realized that "war" is supposed to rhyme with (thence substitute for) "four." Was that the point?
--Charlie
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