[lit-ideas] Re: In Passing
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 20:23:51 -0700
On Apr 5, 2011, at 7:26 PM, John Wager wrote:
> David Ritchie wrote:
>> The University of Portland has a "Director of Soccer Operations." Do you
>> think she does knees?
>
> I dunno. Does the University of Portland Vice-President of Academic Affairs
> do affairs? Social? Extra-marital? (I once knew a young asst. prof. who had
> had an affair with the vice president of academic affairs as an
> undergraduate.)
The lawyers at Bailiwicks, Turf and Terroire LLC have been asked for an opinion
on this tricky matter. I should think that in this instance the term "vice"
may count against.
>
>> Evelyn Moscow-Froehlich, which I understand to mean Evelyn Moscow-Merry, was
>> from Des Moines, which means "Of the monks."
>
> If Des Moines is really "De Moine", why is Des Plaines Illinois "Des Plains"?
Because it's not Grand Tea-tahns National Park, Vur-sales, Illinois, or as they
say in Idaho, Pahnderay (Pont d'Oreille). I dunno.
David Ritchie,
L'Université de Doute III, Langues et
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