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(Message started by: THUDandBLUNDER on Apr 4^th, 2003, 6:41am)

Title: Short Curly Hair
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Apr 4^th, 2003, 6:41am

Where do girls have short curly hair?

Title: Re: Short Curly Hair
Post by Icarus on Apr 4^th, 2003, 9:54am

[hide] In Africa! [/hide]

Title: Re: Short Curly Hair
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Apr 4^th, 2003, 2:19pm

Correct! So this is a puzzle one could safely ask one's priest. :)

Title: Re: Short Curly Hair
Post by mistysakura on Apr 11^th, 2003, 1:19am

On their head?

Title: Re: Short Curly Hair
Post by moo on May 26^th, 2003, 6:29pm

thats just sick misty >.<

Title: Re: Short Curly Hair
Post by Leonid Broukhis on May 26^th, 2003, 7:30pm

on 04/04/03 at 06:41:06, 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?

Title: Re: Short Curly Hair
Post by towr on May 26^th, 2003, 11:27pm

I should know this..

but of course I've forgotten..

hmm.. it's referenced as 'scope ambiguity' in one of my books..

Title: Re: Short Curly Hair
Post by mistysakura on May 27^th, 2003, 3:46am

on 05/26/03 at 18:29:16, 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?

Title: Re: Short Curly Hair
Post by phobos on May 27^th, 2003, 6:52am

LOL misty! LOL Leonid! ;D ;D ;D