Big moment for Inglish syntax

[Jonathan Lighter]

Which is synonymous with  the corpse he's alleged to have made, i.e., his
wife's.

But wait. That's what you meant.

JL


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> The prosecution's Exhibit A will be the Utah physician's corpse.
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> Joel
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> At 10/15/2013 07:58 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >CNN reports that a Utah physician will be in court today for "the murder
> >trial of his wife Michelle."
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> >As you've guessed, it's not the wife, but the sawbones, who's the accused
> >killer.
> >
> >The statement was off-camera narrative and clearly not a momentary slip of
> >the tongue.
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