Re: Babooshka grammar

[tmc@cbdkc1.att.com (Thomas M Cliff)]

In article <3147@scolex.sco.COM> you write:
>Really-From: tracyr@uunet.uu.net (jane smallberries)
>
>
>In article <8908081522.AA19540@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes:
>>Really-From: Michael Mendelson <mendel@cs.uiuc.edu>
>>
>>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).  
>> 
>>		[..thinks he definitely hears..]
>>              [..her sing "worsT" nevertheless..]
>
>my guess is that it's "intentional erring", michael.  altho i
>prefer to call it Artistic Liscense, myself.  
>
>i think kate uses this technique elsewhere--for example, in "breathing",
>i could swear she sings, "my radar send me danger, but my instincts
>                                   ^^^^
>tell me to keep breathing."  ofcourse, this could also be attributed
>to that zany british convention of considering something like radar
>to be more than one thing, but who knows.
>

I noticed that too.  I think that the grammar is pretty good for a fetus.

Tom Cliff
Bell Labs