Ha, thanks to all of the contributions to this post. I am laughing even more now than I was when I read the original. Very cool info that we would not have had shared if a *mistake* had not been made. :) ~Kimberley (who really, really needed at least something to smile about today!) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] A visit from your English major
I could send pages and pages of the same sort of error made by native English speakers (alas, my COLLEGE students!), and many of them, like this one, are wonderfully funny (and sometimes weirdly appropriate). Here's one, from an essay about a man who took broken stained-glass windows from mausoleums: "As a gesture of good faith Casamassima brought Christmas wreaths and placed them over every Moslem he stole from." Another student described a patient in a coma as being in a "vegetarian state." One said some guidelines proposed by the Air Force Academy would still "allow non-secretarial prayer at certain ceremonies." And, for us costumers, one student mentioned that "Madame Trousseau's Waxed Museum" was an interesting place to visit. So, Deredere, thank you for a much-needed moment of pleasure, and congratulations on writing English like a native! ; } --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer On Dec 6, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Deredere Galbraith wrote: > OOps :-[ > English is not my native language. > So I hope I didn't offended anyone because it was certainly not my > > intention. > In Dutch it is called a "travestiet" > Didn't know that you write it different in English. > :-) > Greetings, > Deredere > > Lauren Walker wrote: >> Deredere Galbraith wrote: >> >> >>> One of the mistakes a lot of travesties make is that they use to >>> much >>> makeup. >>> And colors that are too hard. >>> Greetings, >>> Deredere >> >> >> I hope I am not being dense about a deliberate pun, but I think we >> are >> talking about "transvestites" here, not "travesties". Though >> of course >> camp is itself something of a good-natured sort of >> travesty. >> Best, >> Lauren >> Lauren M. Walker >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
