In a message dated 5/27/2004 7:25:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Explanatory notes, pinned to an aphoristic post: > When you say, "Orphan," do you mean child without parents, or frequently? > And do you say child without parents frequently, that is do you say orphan > often? Ref to "Pirates of Penzance." Worth re-quoting. In ps. -- Cheers, JL --- _http://members.tripod.com/~GOPcapitalist/themes2.html_ (http://members.tripod.com/~GOPcapitalist/themes2.html) GENERAL STANLEY: Tell me, have you ever known what it is to be an orphan? PIRATES: (disgusted) Oh, dash it all! KING: Here we are again! GENERAL: I ask you, have you ever known what it is to be an orphan? KING: Often! GENERAL: Yes, orphan. Have you ever known what it is to be one? KING: I say, often. ALL: (disgusted) Often, often, often. (Turning away) GENERAL: I don't think we quite understand one another. I ask you, have you ever known what it is to be an orphan, and you say "orphan". As I understand you, you are merely repeating the word "orphan" to show that you understand me. KING: I didn't repeat the word often. GENERAL: Pardon me, you did indeed. KING: I only repeated it once. GENERAL: True, but you repeated it. KING: But not often. GENERAL: Stop! I think I see where we are getting confused. When you said "orphan", did you mean "orphan",a person who has lost his parents, or "often", frequently? KING: Ah! I eg pardon- I see what you mean -- frequently. GENERAL: Ah! you said "often", frequently. KING: No, only once. GENERAL: (irritated) Exactly- you said "often", frequently, only once. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html