[PW] Diagramming

[Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD]

A small story that might amuse someone ...

In the '60s I was on a panel discussion at a conference in Munich. In my 
"position paper" I had used the verb "to parse". The chair of the panel, 
from Switzerland, did not know the word, and a Dutchman, passing by, 
said "Oh, in German that is 'aufzuspalten'.".

When I got home, I looked up "aufzuspalten" in my Cassell's, and 
discovered that the English translation given was "espalier".

Yes, it makes some kind of sense, but it was amusing at the time.

Peter Ingerman

Bessie Makris wrote:

>If you are interested in Diagramming, you have to read SISTER BERNADETTE'S BARKING DOG by Kitty Burns Florey.
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