What you understand about time, or fruit, or fruit flies all depends on whether you understand the various meaning of the word, “like.” It is the ambiguity in the statement and the uncertainty about which meaning is intended that evokes the double-take among native English speakers when they read Groucho Marx’s argument. Imagine the confusion [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Time Flies
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Make a dress; make a diagnosis
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Suzy and I came to Ghana with fairly limited and lightweight wardrobes. Our past experience in Africa taught us that clothes were not difficult to find or to make here, so paying excess baggage fees to bring along another cocktail dress or sports jacket seemed absurd.
Like many other African countries, Ghana has a lively [...]
