[Ads-l] notes on nominalized adjectives

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN: "The President...likes tough. He likes tough."

JL

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:48 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The back of my ketchup bottle says,
>
> "Where there's happy It Has To Be Heinz"
>
> JL
>
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "Optum: How Well Is Done."
>>
>> "The Road to  Mighty: Visit Utah."
>>
>> JL
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 7:50 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> CNN _The History of Comedy_: "Comedy will always find a way. ...Funny
>>> wins."
>>>
>>> JL
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
>>> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rep. Dave Brat: "The need for fair and balanced would be good."
>>>>
>>>> Alan Ginsberg, _Howl_ (1955): "Angelheaded hispters ...who were
>>>> expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the
>>>> windows of the skull."
>>>>
>>>> JL
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>>>> truth."
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>>> truth."
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>> truth."
>>
>
>
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>



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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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