[Ads-l] Misnderstanding "Don Quijote"

ADSGarson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Sun Nov 18 18:21:32 UTC 2018


Gerald Cohen wrote:
> Yesterday a mother told me that when her son (now in his 50's)
> was of high school age he thought "Don Quijote" was spelled
> "Donkey Ote."

There is a cartoonist named DonkeyHotey who creates political
caricatures. His .com website uses the name.

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