From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!ecn-pa.scott Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Language anecdote Article-I.D.: ecn-pa.266 Posted: Tue Jul 27 10:54:15 1982 Received: Mon Aug 2 03:55:53 1982 The funniest language related situation that I've been in was at the wedding of some Chinese friends a few years back. The ceremony was a tradition Protestant ceremony, and the pastor had gotten through most of the service. Finally, the moment arrived, and the pastor said, "With this ring, I thee wed." The groom dutifully responded, "With this ring, I the wed." Scott Deerwester Purdue University Libraries