**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** Bari, Thanks for the challenge. It was actually not that difficult - She wanted to say, You know, I really like children and I hope that they like me. The word "extinguisher" was supposed to be mikavah which is spelt with a koof and a vav or two. This kid is obviously LD and entitled to use an electronic dictionary. She spelt mikava with a kaf and a bet and got michabah, which means to extinguish or to turn off. I have found that many children confuse the spellings of "me" and "my" - even those whose English is quite good. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to "extinguish" this error? Bye, Michele Ben From: "Bari Nirenberg" <nirenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [etni] best blooper so far Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:19:29 +0200 See if you can figure out what this kid meant and how, exactly, s/he ended up with this sentence: "You now I very like children and I extinguisher they like my." It took me a minute, but I got it... Bari ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####