[Ads-l] Language and children; flee/flea.
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
gcohen at MST.EDU
Mon Apr 4 14:03:10 UTC 2016
Thanks again for all the responses. And with respect to Kate's
message below, a similar misinterpretation was made by
a 2 year old girl saying her prayers:
"Hail, Mary, full of gravy."
Gerald Cohen
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Kate Svoboda-Spanbock [katesvobodaspanbock at GMAIL.COM],
April 03, 2016 1:37 PM, wrote;
from a friend who was raised Catholic:
"Hail, Mary, full of grapes"
particularly made sense to her with
"blessed is the fruit of thy womb"
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Kate Svoboda-Spanbock
katesvobodaspanbock at gmail.com
310-880-3091
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