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I just realized that "avocado" and "lawyer" are exactly the same word in French. I don't mean they're pronounced the same, since after all everything in French is pronounced the same. I mean they're the same fucen word.

The advertisement at Lola Rosa of "AVOCAT 1 $" therefore might be trying to sell lawyers for a loonie each, or perhaps legal advice; either way, a good deal.

Upon investigation, female lawyers ("are you a little boy alien?") are, unlike male lawyers, distinguishable from avocados.

Pursuing toy truck linguistics, I propose we strike a committee with avocados^W^Wto trace the inevitable convergence of lawyers and avocados in language. The roles of abogados and aguacates in Spanish will be investigated, though only in the passive voice.

Date: 2009-01-16 05:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tgies.livejournal.com
"toy truck linguistics" to me evokes this study i read a while back where it "turned" "out" that japanese is related to cherokee because it's easier for a japanese person to learn cherokee than russian

yes

Date: 2009-01-16 05:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] etb.livejournal.com
Clearly, the authors of that study could linguistics (http://www.themoviequotes.com/quote_link/10227).

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