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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