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From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard)
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Subject: anglish is a musing
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 11:08:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 11:08:00 1985
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(rude line eater)

One often finds transferences in people who learned their language skills
more from audible means (discussion, TV) than from visual means (books,
newspapers).  Friend of mine grew up thinking there was a time of day
known as susmornin. "How are you susmornin?"  And one of the people here
at work has a wonderful story about her younger days at church when she
was convinced that the priest was praying "Me a cowboy, me a cowboy, me
a Mexican cowboy" instead of "mea culpa".  And there is a wonderful
transposition of words in the pledge of allegance, supposedly attributed
to an asian youngster that ends "with liberty and just rice for all."
I guess when you are 8 and bored out of your mind, anything makes sense.