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[Maria Conlon]

I had a couple of amusing moments earlier today, which some of you might
fund equally amusing.

The first:

"He's on the lowest rung of the pecking order." (Heard from my husband.
My accusation that he was mixing metaphors didn't bother him in the
least.)

The second one takes some explanation. My grandson told me today that he
has Monday off from school. I asked him if he knew why, and he said no.
So I told him that Monday is Martin Luther King day (which it is, in the
US). The name was unfamiliar to him, obviously, because he asked:

"What do they do? Go to all the farms and find the loudest rooster and
make him king?"

Well, "Luther" can sound like "rooster" to someone seven years old who's
never heard "Luther," right? I don't know what he made of "Martin."

Maria Conlon
Some days are wonderful.

[Maria Conlon]

don groves wrote:

[don groves]

In article <34u58gF4de313U1@individual.net>, Maria Conlon at
mariaconlon001@hotmail.com hath writ:

[R J Valentine]

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:54:12 -0500 Maria Conlon <mariaconlon001@hotmail.com> wrote:

} don groves wrote:
}> Maria Conlon hath writ:
....
}>> The second one takes some explanation. My grandson told me today
}>> that he has Monday off from school. I asked him if he knew why, and
}>> he said no. So I told him that Monday is Martin Luther King day
}>> (which it is, in the US). The name was unfamiliar to him, obviously,
}>> because he asked:
}>>
}>> "What do they do? Go to all the farms and find the loudest rooster
}>> and make him king?"
}>>
}>> Well, "Luther" can sound like "rooster" to someone seven years old
}>> who's never heard "Luther," right? I don't know what he made of
}>> "Martin."
}
}> He must'a heard "Martin" as "Make a". What's your accent like
}> again, Maria?
}
} I don't think it can be described as anything that would make "Martin"
} sound like "make a." (My theory is that he didn't really hear the
} "Martin" part. That, or he heard it as "marked" or "marking."

Sounds like he heard "Make a rooster king day". How else would you
explain his response? Not hearing "Martin" or hearing it as "marked" or
"marking" doesn't outcut Ockham. Are you non-rhotic, by any chance?

You could ask him.

--
R. J. Valentine <rj@smart.net>
Anyone who can hear "Luther" as "rooster" can hear "Martin" as "make", I
always say.

[R H Draney]

Maria Conlon filted:

[Donna Richoux]

Maria Conlon <mariaconlon001@hotmail.com> wrote:

[Maria Conlon]

R J Valentine wrote:

[Maria Conlon]

Donna Richoux wrote:

[R H Draney]

R J Valentine filted:

[R J Valentine]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:42:49 -0500 Maria Conlon <mariaconlon001@hotmail.com> wrote:

} R J Valentine wrote:
....
}> Anyone who can hear "Luther" as "rooster" can hear "Martin" as
}> "make", I always say.
}
} I wouldn't say that at all. Consider the vowel sounds.

Women hear vowel sounds; men hear consonant sounds.

--
R. J. Valentine <mailto:rj@smart.net>

[Skitt]

R H Draney wrote:

[don groves]

In article <csi0s50jek@drn.newsguy.com>, R H Draney at
dadoctah@spamcop.net hath writ:

[R J Valentine]

On 17 Jan 2005 19:47:17 -0800 R H Draney <dadoctah@spamcop.net> wrote:

} Skitt filted:
}>
}>R H Draney wrote:
}>>
}>> Women hear lyrics; men hear instrument solos....r
}>
}>You know, except for songs sung by those who actually enunciate lyrics in an
}>understandable form, I have never even tried to figure out what most songs
}>are about. I just listen to the music, if there is any. That explains why
}>I don't like rap. I can't understand the words, and there ain't no music,
}>if you nowatamean. Sometimes I do watch the scantily-clad dancing girls,
}>though. All rappers should have those so there'd be some entertainment
}>value for us dirty old men.
}
} As CyberCypher is well aware, I often listen to music with words I can't hope to
} understand...I've noticed that some people, mostly female, find this exceedingly
} odd, and become very annoyed when I play them selections that I find especially
} interesting from a musical standpoint..."I don't know what they're singing!" is
} the usual complaint, as if this is any different from their own Springsteen
} fetishes....

Then there's "Yes". Is that their name? Some of the youngsters will
know.

} It may be irrelevant, but the one woman who seems to share my interest in this
} music is openly gay....r

Is she CIC and MIMIM?

--
R. J. Valentine <mailto:rj@smart.net>

[R H Draney]

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