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ThudnBlunder
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Short Curly Hair
« on: Apr 4th, 2003, 6:41am » |
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Where do girls have short curly hair?
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THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you.
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Icarus
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Re: Short Curly Hair
« Reply #1 on: Apr 4th, 2003, 9:54am » |
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In Africa!
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ThudnBlunder
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Re: Short Curly Hair
« Reply #2 on: Apr 4th, 2003, 2:19pm » |
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Correct! So this is a puzzle one could safely ask one's priest.
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mistysakura
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Re: Short Curly Hair
« Reply #3 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 1:19am » |
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On their head?
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moo
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thats just sick misty >.<
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Leo Broukhis
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Re: Short Curly Hair
« Reply #5 on: May 26th, 2003, 7:30pm » |
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on Apr 4th, 2003, 6:41am, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:Where do girls have short curly hair? |
| I have a problem classifying this ambiguity. It is neither lexical nor syntactical; the ambiguity is based on which bond is stronger: between "where" and "girls", or between "where" and "hair". What's the word for that?
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towr
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Re: Short Curly Hair
« Reply #6 on: May 26th, 2003, 11:27pm » |
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I should know this.. but of course I've forgotten.. hmm.. it's referenced as 'scope ambiguity' in one of my books..
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mistysakura
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Re: Short Curly Hair
« Reply #7 on: May 27th, 2003, 3:46am » |
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on May 26th, 2003, 6:29pm, moo wrote:thats just sick misty >.< |
| Some people don't realize that most of their hair is in fact growing on the thp of their head, you know, above your face?
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phobos
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Re: Short Curly Hair
« Reply #8 on: May 27th, 2003, 6:52am » |
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LOL misty! LOL Leonid!
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