[Magdalen] bilingual puns

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

That's a good one!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the best bilingual puns I know came from my first year Spanish book.
> It concerned a man who spoke no English going shopping in the men's
> department of the store for hosiery and not being able to make himself
> understood. Finally the clerk comes up with a package of socks and the
> gentleman exclaims delightedly."Eso si que es!" And the clerk says, "Why
> didn't you spell it before?"
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> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:21 PM Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
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> > Very good!
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> > Marion, a pilgrim
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> > On 1/17/2017 11:43 AM, P. Dan Brittain wrote:
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> > > I used to call the barber hair doktor.
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> > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:15 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
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> > > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > >> I once remarked in Germany, "Alle Erwaehnen werden Brueder."
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> > >> GERMAN       ENGLISH
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> > >> erwaehnen     mention
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> > >> thus:
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> > >> Alle mention werden Brueder.
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> > >> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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> > >> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
> > preserved,
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> > >> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
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