Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 12:49:38 -0400

From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" ccoolidg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOOSE.UVM.EDU

Subject: Re: phonetic spelling in high places -Reply



On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Molly Dickmeyer wrote:



i quote from the latest (october 1995) Notes of the

Princeton Club of New York (p. 5):



GOING TO THE THEATER?

Remember to try our special pre-fixe dinner

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

in the Woodrow Wilson Room Monday through

Saturday for only $19.95 plus...

--featuring, of course, subs (garnis)



Tangentially...

I was at a Chinese restaraunt yesterday that had this on the top of

the menu:



"A1 high-eating excellent. Hold your saliva please."



I collect such things--any others?



molly

dickmeye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]phl.lrpub.com



On an ad in Germany meant for English-speaking would-be users of a popular

patent medecine: "Try______. We guarantee you will never get any better."

I also played in a band in Montreal whose lead singer's English wasn't

quite perfect; he insisted on designing our posters himself, though. One

of his slogans: "Welcome Home- One of Montreal's most exciting bands to be

seen!"

How about Paul McCartney's famous line in "Live And Let Die": "In this e-

ver changing world in which we live in..."