[Magdalen] bilingual puns

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oh my!

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