[Ads-l] Child's misunderstanding: "the donzerly light"

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Wed Apr 27 05:10:12 UTC 2016


<< "Oh, say, can you see by the dawnzer lee light," ... Ramona decided that
a dawnzer was another word for a lamp. >>
N.b. Leigh Light, the WWII anti-U-Boat searchlight. Very subtle.

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