Date:         Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:26:15 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: ... A Rose by Any Other Name ...(Friday follies) NVC
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that's such a funny story, it left me with a dangling participle.

bob
still chuckling
"... phrase followed by an Expletive Construction will often be a dangling
participle
- but the expletive construction is probably not a good idea anyway."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 1:50 PM
Subject: ... A Rose by Any Other Name ...(Friday follies) NVC


> Many years ago I attended a "Highlander" convention (Highlander was
> several movies and a couple of TV series dealing with Immortals than
> can only be killed if you remove their heads, usually with a bladed
> weapon).
>
> One of the actors on the show was a Welsh actor, Peter Wingfield.
>
> Various attendees were asking the actors (sitting at a table) various
> question. Except all of the questions were being directed towards Jim
> Byrnes (another actor on the show).
>
> Finally one lady got up and said: "I have a Peter question."
>
> The laughter was quite sustained. So she tried to rephrase it. "I have
> a question about your sword." This kept the foliks rolling for another
> long while. Another rephrasing to refer to this sheath (scabbard)
> didn't stop things.  In the meantime, Peter Wingfield looked quite
> lost. Jim Byrnes finally leaned over and explained to him the slang
> meaning of "Peter".
>
> Just a reminder that not all english speaking cultures have the same
> slang terms.
>