In a message dated 12/14/06 2:21:06 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:


> A good holiday topic!  Here's a creative comment, although not
> etymologically based, from a student catching a few z's in the back row,
> when called out of his somnolent state:  "I'm not sleeping.  I just blink
> real slow!"
> 

One of my students pointed out the Santa Claus's elves are subordinate 
clauses.



Peter Adams

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