[lit-ideas] Re: When Water Wasn't Wet

  • From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:53:22 EDT

dihydrogen monoxide.


In a message  dated 7/7/2009 10:47:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
Jlsperanza writes:
this  kills the odious ambiguity of skating on the pond.
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It also  re-establishes credibility to our resident Russian native speaking 
 philosophe:


OKSHEWSKYS (juniors): Can we go to the  water?
K. O. (patronising them in a philosophical tone). Yes,  but do not get wet.


Can we skate on the dihydrogen  monoxide?

It's understood that you can only skate (unless you are Christ)  if it's in 
its solid state, so the ambiguity is resolved in the use of the main  verb.

Can we walk on water,  Dad?
i. No, you are  not Christ. (+> Your mother is not a  virgin)
ii.  You'll get  wet.

Can we _walk_ on dihydrogen  monoxide?
Is the Pope  Catholic?

Cheers,

JL Speranza
Buenos Aires,  Argentina  

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