catnappping

[Doug_Harris]

Then there's the subtle distinction between napping and sleeping during the
day, as explained last Saturday by Dagwood Bumstead:
http://www.blondie.com/dailies/index.asp?month=10&year=2008&comic=2008-10-25

D: "Lazy people sleep in the middle of the day, Elmo. I take naps."
E: 'I still don't see the difference, Mr. B.'
D: "The difference, Elmo, is that I'm not one of the lazy people."
dh


At 10/26/2008 01:45 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>...and there may be a minimal pair, distinguished suprasegmentally,
>between "catnap(p)ed" 'slept for a short period' vs. "catnap(p)ed"
>'abducted a feline for monetary gain'; the test is whether one can
>say "Catnapping is a crime, but catnapping is OK" with appropriately
>disambiguating stress/rhythm.

Interesting -- I do disambiguate.

Joel

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