http://www.squarefree.com/2003/11/22/fun-with-the-english-language/ Jesse Ruderman on Firefox, security, and more Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.squarefree.com/2003/11/22/fun-with-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Jon Baron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=70#comment-183 Another one, courtesy of my colleague Lila Gleitman: An eggplant is a fruit that looks like an egg (I assume). An eggplant plant is a plant on which eggplants grow. An eggplant plant plant is a factory for processing eggplant plants. And an eggplant plant plant plant is a spy in a factory ... Another one, courtesy of my colleague Lila Gleitman: An eggplant is a fruit that looks like an egg (I assume). An eggplant plant is a plant on which eggplants grow. An eggplant plant plant is a factory for processing eggplant plants. And an eggplant plant plant plant is a spy in a factory …

]]> http://www.squarefree.com/2003/11/22/fun-with-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-184 natalie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=70#comment-184 nice link to the linguistlist nice link to the linguistlist

]]> http://www.squarefree.com/2003/11/22/fun-with-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Jesse Ruderman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=70#comment-185 Five prepositions in a row: "What did you bring that book I didn't want to be read to out of up for?" (From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage, under "preposition".) Five prepositions in a row: “What did you bring that book I didn’t want to be read to out of up for?” (From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage, under “preposition”.)

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