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Am Mittwoch, 9. November 2011 17:22:36 UTC+1 schrieb clifford:
>
> If someone asks, out of the blue, how many lions there are and I say 
> "About 12,000", my answer may be wrong but it is the right sort of answer. 
>  If the gotcha questioner says "no, there are four" I can righteously 
> respond "Hey, there are five just in our Zoo".  If he goes on to explain 
>  "The European (now extinct), the African, the Indian, and the Asiatic", I 
> might exclaim "Oh, you meant *kinds* of lions!".  Yet, had he begun the 
> conversation with "There are four lions: the European, the Asiatic, the 
> Indian, and the African", I would have understood him fine and had no 
> complaints. I would equally have no problems with "That lion is the same as 
> the one we saw yesterday" nor, probably, with "Lion (or lions) is (are) 
> quite tasty, when marinated in monkey-brain sauce and roasted over an open 
> fire", nor "Lions eat gazelles" nor "A/The lion is/Lions are the second 
> largest cat".  And so on through countless other examples
>

A joke I read in the newspaper today:

The teacher asks a student: "Name three animals from Africa."
The student answers: "An elephant and two lions."

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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Am Mittwoch, 9. November 2011 17:22:36 UTC+1 schrieb clifford:<blockquote c=
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 #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">If someone asks, out of the blue, how many =
lions there are and I say "About 12,000", my answer may be wrong but it is =
the right sort of answer. &nbsp;If the gotcha questioner says "no, there ar=
e four" I can righteously respond "Hey, there are five just in our Zoo". &n=
bsp;If he goes on to explain &nbsp;"The European (now extinct), the African=
, the Indian, and the Asiatic", I might exclaim "Oh, you meant *kinds* of l=
ions!". &nbsp;Yet, had he begun the conversation with "There are four lions=
: the European, the Asiatic, the Indian, and the African", I would have und=
erstood him fine and had no complaints. I would equally have no problems wi=
th "That lion is the same as the one we saw yesterday" nor, probably, with =
"Lion (or lions) is (are) quite tasty, when marinated in monkey-brain sauce=
 and roasted over an open fire", nor "Lions eat gazelles" nor "A/The lion i=
s/Lions are the second largest cat". &nbsp;And so on through countless othe=
r examples<br></blockquote><div><br>A joke I read in the newspaper today:<b=
r><br>The teacher asks a student: "Name three animals from Africa."<br>The =
student answers: "An elephant and two lions."<br><br>mu'o mi'e la selpa'i<b=
r></div>

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