"bring Route 40"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/29/2008 11:52 AM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>so "He took an airplane to San Francisco" is ambiguous.

Which of course is why Sean Fitzpatrick's
><< "I took the airplane to London; I brought the airplane home again.">>
>
>All in a day's work for me, but don't try this at home, kids.
>
>(signed)
>Superman

is funny.  As would be, in an 18th-century usage, "I carried the
airplane to London/home again."

Joel

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