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Accordion to my dog
Skip to: comments (0); categories; related posts; previous/next postThe quote in all the obits for OED superhero Robert Burchfield is his description of English as “a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib”. Even if French dogs did like accordions as much as their masters are alleged to, it would do little to encourage the terminally oppressed Quebec French. Humiliating it must have been when poor old Yvan Tessier felt driven to seek English lessons, but it seems now that the authorities are demanding that his guide dog do so as well.
Retracing my steps slightly in order to enter a slightly less gloomy, parallel existence, here’s an interesting extract from Wendy’s List of TV Ads featuring Accordions:
Cue jokes re dead accordionist, dog in road, location of skidmarks. Yes Mum, this is the publishing revolution I was telling you about.
Trevor @ 8 July 2004 12:42 AM
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