Homonyms and Their Grammatical Heirs

[Turtle]

I seldom read this thread but today I got an e-mail about a post and had some spare time and decided to have a look. DougF's post hit my funny bone and I just had to tell you all about an event I experienced back in 1981. I was in Japan negotiating a contract. As my translator, the Japanese negotiator and I were walking into the local hotel, I laughed about a motorcycle parked there with the word “Lead” splashed across the fuel tank in a clearly professional logo. I pointed at it and said, “who in the world would want to buy a ‘Lead’ motorcycle.” The Japanese negotiator responded with, “that’s not a lead motorcycle, that’s a ‘lead motorcycle’” using a long “e”. I told him that no one really fluent in English would interpret the name of something to be an adjective if a noun interpretation existed. He responded with, “Oh... That’s probably why they didn’t sell in the U.S., we had wondered what the problem was”.

 

Have fun -- Dick

 

I hope you visit regulary now Doc. I have heard a similar story about Chevy Nova's not selling in Mexico because 'no-va' is 'not go'. :hihi:

 

If you find yourself fined, best to just pay up.

[Turtle]

Senator Craig took the gaze of the gays with a wide stance. :doh:

[Turtle]

Lacking skill & knowledge, the worthless hunter began to pray that the prey would just wander into range.

[freeztar]

The witches were all carrying brooms in their parade, which is humorous on many levels.

[Turtle]

Time passed the errors to the past.

[Turtle]

Every time he putts, that putz Charlie makes Chevy's nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh sound.

[Turtle]

Ethel decorated her coat collar with a bit of hare hair. :hyper:

[Turtle]

The book worms rendered the holy tome wholly holey. :)

[Turtle]

A bit of fur on a fir tipped the huntress to the panther's passing.

[Turtle]

Maria tracked the tract to Glastonbury. :shrug:

[Turtle]

The stevedore laid all afternoon with the belle laide, and missed his shift to lade the freighter. :evil:

[Racoon]

Hock - to pawn off possesions

 

Hawk - a type of bird

 

:hyper:

[Turtle]

Peckish Paul felt a need to knead. :eek_big:

[mynah]

"Ciao," he said, "I'm off to make some chow."

[freeztar]

Come 'ere and lend me your ear.

I've got a tale that pertains to a tail.

If only you knew the power of ewe,

Then you could perhaps bleet this last line too...