It was Mrs. Miller's fourth grade grammar class and she was drilling us on "homonyms" - words that sound alike but have different meanings. And she filled the blackboard with examples - Aisle/isle - altar/alter - pane/pain etc. Now fast forward sixty years when the lesson came back to me. This would be a time when the Internet was in its infancy and the SPAM was filling the "in"box. Much of it was of a suggestive nature before we had blockers in place to intercept. One such marketing teaser was suggesting "penal" enhancement with suitable instructions. I thought "these SOBS want to "penalize" me for some perceived anatomical shortcoming!" Come to think of it, I don't recall THIS word association being outlined on Mrs. Miller's blackboard.
tjs
Next -The Carousel
No comments:
Post a Comment