In a message dated 11/1/00 1:40:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >From the transcripts of the presidential debates. I brought this up recently with the newly elected president in Mexico, he's a man I know from Mexico. --------------- I think abortions ought to be more rare in America, --------------- I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, I don't want you to let me down again. -------------- >> Interesting op ed piece from Steven Pinker the language guru in the times yesterday. he points out that malapropisms don't bother us much because in reality we all make them. everyone knows what bush means so they ignore the goofs. this may or may not be good according to Pinker but it is reasonalbe given that all human speach is filled with these ramblings
