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larryhammer) wrote2017-10-26 07:56 am
larryhammer) wrote2017-10-26 07:56 am
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"The leopards, swift and terrible and white, / Within the loins that shudder as they crawl"
Seen outside a local restaurant:
(Sign: "LOVE PEOPLE / COOK THEM / TASTY FOOD")
I originally took this as an object lesson in the importance of punctuation, but it could also be taken as one in the importance of case markers -- the ambiguity being whether "them" is a direct or indirect object.
(And yes, it does have tasty food -- it's a quesadilla joint, good enough that TBD requested we go back.)
---L.
Subject quote from "Happiest," George Sterling.
(Sign: "LOVE PEOPLE / COOK THEM / TASTY FOOD")
I originally took this as an object lesson in the importance of punctuation, but it could also be taken as one in the importance of case markers -- the ambiguity being whether "them" is a direct or indirect object.
(And yes, it does have tasty food -- it's a quesadilla joint, good enough that TBD requested we go back.)
---L.
Subject quote from "Happiest," George Sterling.