[807] in Humor
HUMOR (excerpt): Ask Mr. Language Person
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Fri Apr 7 09:30:24 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 09:27:09 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 95 12:42:48 PDT
From: Connie_Kleinjans@Novell.COM (Connie Kleinjans)
(Dave Barry's) Ask Mr. Language Person
Q. Speaking of true quotations, please repeat the statement that Sondra
Ward of Nashville, Tennessee, swears she heard made by a man expressing
concern to a woman who had been unable to get a ride to a church function.
A. He said: "Estelle, if I'd a knowed you'd a want to went, I'd a seed
you'd a got to get to go."
Q. what tense is that, grammatically?
A. That is your pluperfect consumptive.
