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..."