XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 29/07/24 16:45, Ruud Harmsen wrote:   
   > Sun, 28 Jul 2024 01:36:09 +0000: bertietaylor@myyahoo.com   
   > (bertietaylor) scribeva:   
      
   >> A teacher had for her pupil a refugee from the middle east who   
   >> read two-oth-pass-tay and she puzzled what was that.   
   >   
   > I don't get it. What was it?   
      
   There used to be a low-calorie Australian beer called Dietale. My uncles   
   used to pronounce it as if it were an Italian word.   
      
   --   
   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
   Newcastle, NSW   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)