Friday, July 20, 2007
Bow to Me, My Subjects...
A.C. and A.W. are discussing the use of accent marks in the newspaper.
"Normally I'm not too big on it but in a case like that where if you don't have it people will read it as 'pate...'" A.C. says.
"Yeah, pate's an entirely different thing," A.W. says.
A.W. looks at me: "Pate is the top of the head, isn't it?"
"uhh... I think it's the top of a bald head," I reply, frantically googling it. "Oh, apparently, it can also be a pastry in French cuisine, analogous to the English pie."
"Excellent!" A.C. crows. "I crown you Nerd Queen of the Universe. You may sit at the right hand of Jim Christian."
Oh...and...mmmm...English pie....
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