Yonduh lies de castle of de caliph, my fadder (attrib Tony Curtis 1961 Nov)

[Laurence Horn]

On Oct 20, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700 wrote:

> Semantically anomalous, but deliberately so. (Wasn't it meant as absurd
> humor?)

Exactly so, speaking for both Joel (who didn't make the remark) and me (who did).

LH

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> From: American Dialect Society  On Behalf Of Ronald Butters
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> Curtis 1961 Nov)
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> Is it possible to "distinctly" remember someone not doing something? =
> Just curious to see if anyone else finds this semantically anomalous.
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> On Oct 20, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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>>> (I distinctly remember Curtis not
>>> uttering the line in "Some Like It Hot".
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