Re: Reversal of meanings

From: pielewe
Message: 38138
Date: 2005-05-29

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

>
> I was once told (by Karel van het Reve) the story of a
> Leiden Slavist (or linguist, at any rate) who used to amuse
> himself by going to the grocery store in a French-speaking
> village and call the lady behind the counter an 'old whore'
> (Ow&hu:r), upon which she sold him a yoghurt (Ö~yau:r). Who
> was it?


Jesus. No idea. I'll enquire among survivers.


W.