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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Poor students! #147159 09/06/2005 1:23 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada Reminds me of an anecdote where an ESL student came to his teacher with the sentence "Mary was great with child". Having received his explanation, he returned totally flummoxed by "Mr. Smith is great with children." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Ambiguous Newspaper Headlines Jackie 09/01/2005 2:13 AM Re: Ambiguous Newspaper Headlines Zed 09/01/2005 10:30 PM Re: Ambiguous Newspaper Headlines moss 09/03/2005 4:18 AM Re: Ambiguous Newspaper Headlines robert holland 09/03/2005 11:22 AM Re: Ambiguous Newspaper Headlines Marianna 09/05/2005 7:45 PM Re: Ambiguous Newspaper Headlines consuelo 09/05/2005 7:54 PM Re: Ambiguous Newspaper Headlines Marianna 09/06/2005 1:21 PM Poor students! Elizabeth Creith 09/06/2005 1:23 PM Re: Poor students! Zed 09/06/2005 6:13 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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