singular "small fry"

Ann Burlingham ann at BURLINGHAMBOOKS.COM
Fri Dec 19 21:15:02 UTC 2008


On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> Hard (although not impossible) to take it that
> way, given that there's no well-defined category
> of a small
> french-fried-potato-Stück-from-McDonald's to
> which an average calorie content could be
> assigned, as opposed to that of a small
> Pepsi-from-McDonald's.

Pepsi from McDonald's? Highly unlikely. or unReal.

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