Sentences easily misunderstood when heard

[Dave Kirby]

In article <6...@petsd.UUCP> c...@petsd.UUCP writes:

>...Hence the occasional "proof by abuse of language:
> And now and then an undergraduate writes on a homework
>set: "Proof by abusive language: ..."
>
> Unless you speak with unnatural slowness and distinction,
>they sound the same.

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And try saying "Isle of view" without it sounding like "I love you."

My dad, a music director, tries hard to keep from cracking up whenever
he hears someone sing the hymn, "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave
It There." It is almost impossible to sing that line without it sounding
like: "Take your bird unto the Lord and leave it there."

Another example of a mangled hymn. Try singing "Gladly the Cross I'd Bear"
without it sounding like "Gladly, the cross-eyed bear."

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Dave Kirby ( ...!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!dave)
"Don't tell ME what kind of day to have!"