Re: The Business Memoir - the ``whom'' question

In article <1161104972.804357.194740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John Atkinson wrote:
"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote ...

Colin Fine wrote:

Peter T. Daniels wrote:

There should have been assimilation, either progressive (a - a) or,
more likely, regressive (& - &).


'should'??

Wherefore?

Because it was a stereotyped phrase -- the guy must've said it a dozen
times in less than an hour and a half.

How many times would you have to say that phrase in an hour and a half
before you started assimilating your " /d&ns D@ 'samb@/ "?

I don't think the phrase "Maltese falcon" occurs even once in the
movie, yet I've never heard anyone name the movie with anything but [O
- O], and they never say "falcon" with anything but [&].

Just for the record, Greenstreet uses "Maltese falcon" in Gutman's
speech as he sells out Wilmer (Elisha Cook, Jr.) to satisfy Spade's
demand for a fall guy. That is the only use of the phrase.

"If a man loses a son, he can get another, but there is only one Maltese
falcon."


HWL
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