tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post3193971050377523948..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Some things just never get oldrhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-1154322520511541902012-03-15T08:30:20.363-04:002012-03-15T08:30:20.363-04:00Although I am not now nor have I ever been Dave Ba...Although I am not now nor have I ever been Dave Barry's personal mail forwarder, I can tell you that (a) regular people are hard to find except in advertisements for Ex-Lax and (b) no two people speak English the same way. In America a so-called regular person might say, "I had to laaff to see the caaff go down the paath to take a baath" but over there where you are a so-called regular person might say, "I had to lahf to see the cahlf go down the pahth to take a bahth." I learned this interesting fact at, and sometimes over, my father's knee more than 60 years ago, and if ever there was a regular person, it was him, er, he. <br /><br />Julius Caesar said, "Et two, Bru-tay?" because a couple of pieces of pizza were missing.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-44320836671293281972012-03-15T05:25:41.164-04:002012-03-15T05:25:41.164-04:00I have a question for 'Ask Mr Language Person&...I have a question for 'Ask Mr Language Person': Why did Julius Ceasar say 'Et tu, Brute?' when the rest of the time he spoke English like regular people?Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.com