[Ads-l] Misnderstanding "Don Quijote"
Arnold M. Zwicky
zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Sun Nov 18 18:47:07 UTC 2018
> On Nov 18, 2018, at 10:21 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> 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.
do not disregard Donkey Hodie from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
arnold
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