09-Oct-2006, 14:55
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 Homophony - It can happen to you!
I'm copying from Yule's "The study of language", p.53. I laughed out loud when I first saw it, and it's still funny today.  Quote: |
the judge said, "I'm afraid we'll have to adjourn this case, I have written my judgment out, but I left it in my cottage in Devon and I can't get it sent here until tomorrow." "Fax it up, my Lord," the helpful barrister suggested, to which his Lordship replied, "Yes, it does rather."
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