[etni] Bari's blooper

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Bari,
Thanks for the challenge.  It was actually not that
difficult -
She wanted to say,
You know, I really like children and I hope that they like
me.
The word "extinguisher" was supposed to be mikavah which is
spelt with a koof and a vav or two.  This kid is obviously
LD and entitled to use an electronic dictionary.  She spelt
mikava with a kaf and a bet and got michabah, which means to
extinguish or to turn off.
I have found that many children confuse the spellings of
"me" and "my" - even those whose English is quite good.
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to "extinguish" this
error?
Bye,
Michele Ben

From: "Bari Nirenberg" <nirenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [etni] best blooper so far
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:19:29 +0200

See if you can figure out what this kid meant and how,
exactly, s/he ended
up with this sentence:

"You now I very like children and I extinguisher they like
my."

It took me a minute, but I got it...

Bari



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