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From: toby@fritz.UUCP (Toby Gottfried)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: "Our Concern is Growing":  Ortho's Triple Ambiguity (+ challenge)
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Date: Sat, 15-Sep-84 22:24:55 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 15 22:24:55 1984
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The following variation on "He made the robot fast" has 
at least 6 interpretations:

	"He made her fast"

	1. He forced her to not eat for a while.
	2. She was not eating and he managed to get there.
	3. When he got there, he made it a success.
	4. He was a track coach and improved her speed.

	and, slightly stretching, or going to the vernacular:

	5. He nailed her down (as in "held fast").
	6. They had sex quickly.

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Toby Gottfried
FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA

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