Another "boxwood" anecdote

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From: "Meredig, John" <jm3 at EVANSVILLE.EDU>
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Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Another "boxwood" anecdote


> Nathan Longan's delightful "boxwood" story reminded me of a similar 
> occurrence when I was in third-year Russian oh so many years ago. 
> (WARNING! Anyone offended by overt ribaldry--delete message now!) The 
> teacher had written a long compound sentence on the board, which was held 
> together by a particular conjunction (unfortunately I can't remember the 
> sentence itself, just the relevant conjunction). As we all sat there 
> intently trying to make sense out of this syntactic monstrosity, an 
> exasperated young lady finally raised her hand and said: "I just don't see 
> how the как fits in!"
>
> Much merriment ensued.
>

Only in America ........

I had to think about that one . . . . . . .

It reminded me of listening to a certain American professor with a heavy 
accent saying two forms were in "apposition" - which didn't make sense until 
I realised he meant "opposition" ......

Robert Orr 

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