reporter's license
Randy Alexander
strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 5 19:50:11 UTC 2009
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Victor <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a twofer--there's also that pesky "s". I suspected that the
> reporter was from Hawaii and used the local dialect. So I almost gave it
> a pass, except for the plural.
>
> VS-)
I don't see the "s" as pesky, but rather just a count use for "servings of
shave ice". Unless there's something I'm missing.
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Randy Alexander
Jilin City, China
My Manchu studies blog:
http://www.bjshengr.com/manchu
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