European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Cutting through wooly bully and other verbiage Dave Barry it s time once again for ask mister language person the award winning column by the world s Foremost leading word expert who was recently chosen official grammarian of . Olympic ski team motto let s Hope nobody will break their leg. Our first grammar question comes from Reader Martha Booth who writes i heard on apr that president Clinton and Pope John Paul ii met and exchanged a few words. Do you happen to know which ones they exchanged and can you please Tell me what is sometimes seen hanging off the Bottom of the v in the word facade a scientists believe it is a parasite. As regards the word Exchange Clinton gave the Pope a handsome matched set of parameters and in return received the traditional papal quod sic it Cetera pluribus per q what does that mean a there is a Bologna in my q according to a Tampa Tribune article sent in by Dorothy Ladd what did University of Florida associate athletic director Greg Mcgarity say about allegations of abusive fan behaviour at of football games a he said in no Way Are we turning a deaf q what is the Correct wording to use when responding to a formal invitation to Dine at bucking Ham Palace with Queen Elizabeth a the Correct wording is your majesty is darned tooting that yours truly shall be honoured to put on the feed bag with your Royal q please describe the photograph on the front Page of the oct. 6, 1993, Issue of the Monona Bill Board official newspaper of Clayton county & Monona Farmersburg Luana Iowa. A certainly. It shows two senior citizens using a knife to slice a Large cheese at the annual Ger Manifest. Just below this photograph in Large letters it says. Q no you re not going to Tell me. A yes. It says cutting the q please explain the statement ican t seem to find my car keys. V a this statement Means that the person can find his car keys but he cannot seem to find them. Q please review the Basic purpose of the apostrophe. A the apostrophe is used primarily As a punctuation Mark in certain Lesley Gore songs such As Judy s turn to cry where the apostrophe and the a indicate that Judy is possessive which is Why she tried to steal Lesley Gore s Boyfriend Johnny away. Q what is the Best verse in that song a the one wherein Lesley saw Judy and Johnny kissing at a party so to make Johnny jealous she Lesley kissed another Guy and then Johnny jumped up and he hit him cause he still loved me that s q what an attractive couple. A yes. " q speaking of song lyrics in wooly bully by Sam the Sham and the pharaohs Sam the Sham sings let s not be l-7s come on and learn this my question which has been nagging me for years is this is Sam the Sham his real name a no. His real name is Howard a. Sutelman or. The q what is the purpose of the Hyphen a the Hyphen is used to connect congestive nouns to their precipitate adjutant As we see in this exam ple that Zsa Zsa is a Wemer had the Hyphen is also used at the end of a line when there is not enough room to finish a word Marsha moaned As Brad thrust his throb us of we re out of q please quote a sentence from an aug. 12, 1993, Dayton daily news report sent in by Lou copits concerning the Rescue of a Man who nearly drowned while attempting to swim across a River. A police said the Man told them he had been playing a game that involved banging his head against a Wall when he decided to swim across the q w if game is that a probably Golf. Q according to Dale Stephens what does the sign on the main Road into Bolivar w. Va., say a it says Welcome to Bolivar please come Back q did Stephens also relate an anecdote concern ing his Friend John Pharis a yes. One time Pharis saw his 3-year-old Daugh Ter picking her nose and then sticking her Finger into her Mouth. He told her you know i Don t think i d want to put anything in my Mouth that came out of my and she said you should try it. It s good.". Today s writing tip in writing an Advertis ing slogan always go with your strongest Selling wrong tastes like Goat right proud to be your got a question for mister Lan Guage person the answer is the Miami Herald Page 28 sunday january 30, 1994
