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From: Michael Mendelson <mendel@cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 89 10:22:05 -0500
Subject: Babooshka grammar
I was listening to the Whole Story today and in the song Babooshka, I thought I heard Kate say "She couldn't have made a worst move..." ----^ which is grammatically incorrect (it should be worsE). So I checked the lyrics I have from the lyrics server, and (although I know there are some mistakes in there) they said "worse." I listened to the song again and indeed Kate utters a very pronounced worsT. Has anyone else noticed this? Is Kate intentionally erring? Or am I missing something subtle in the lyrics? I suppose the sentence could mean that "She was incapable of making a WORST move," but from the context, this does not appear to be the intended meaning. . /\/\ / /\/\ / / /_/ / / /