[Corpora-List] Moving Lexical Semantics from Alchemy to Science

[Justin Washtell]

Ah, yes, this reminds me of "disabled toilets"... which of course they invariably are.

Justin Washtell
University of Leeds
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From: Magnar Brekke [Magnar.Brekke at nhh.no]
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My particular favorite was provided by BBC Radio 4 many years ago:
"a mentally retarded services director"

Magnar Brekke
NHH-em.

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Nice example! :-)

Justin Washtell
University of Leeds

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Sent: 28 January 2011 09:17
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How about 'heavy metal fans'?

David


On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:57 PM, John Williams <j0hnwh0ever.corpora at gmail.com<mailto:j0hnwh0ever.corpora at gmail.com>> wrote:


... P.S. Anyone have some other ambiguous open compounds they are familiar with, besides 'solar system'?

'golf club' springs to mind

j0hn


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John Williams
Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics
School of Languages and Area Studies
PK 2.18, University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth PO1 2DZ
Tel: (0239 284) 2162
Email: john.x.williams at port.ac.uk<mailto:john.x.williams at port.ac.uk>

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