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

[James A. Landau]

The young daughter of a couple who owned a rural telephone company was always worried when she heard her father say, "We hung another guy today" (meaning he had added another guy-wire to a telephone pole.)  She interpreted it as "we hanged another man today".

- Jim Landau

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