The one eyed one horned flying purple people eater.
The one eyed one horned flying purple people eater.
An example of ambiguity in English. Is it an eater of one eyed one horned flying purple people, a people eater with those characteristics, or something in between?
Last edited by Space60 on Wed Oct 31, 2018 5:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: The one eyed one horned flying purple eater.
It is a flying one-eyed, one-horned creature that eats the colour purple.
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Re: The one eyed one horned flying purple eater.
Is it supposed to be "purple people eater"? Because otherwise I only get mèþru's reading. (I have to treat "purple" as a noun, but not so much that I'll allow it to be modified by "flying" or "one horned flying" and so on.)
Re: The one eyed one horned flying purple eater.
Space60, please allow me to draw your attention to the existence of this thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=36.
Re: The one eyed one horned flying purple eater.
+1
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What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?
Re: The one eyed one horned flying purple eater.
Yes. I left out the word people by mistake.akamchinjir wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:07 pm Is it supposed to be "purple people eater"? Because otherwise I only get mèþru's reading. (I have to treat "purple" as a noun, but not so much that I'll allow it to be modified by "flying" or "one horned flying" and so on.)
Re: The one eyed one horned flying purple people eater.
The lyrics includes:
Which would heavily imply that it's a creature that eats purple people, and has one eye, one horn, and flies.I said, "Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line?"
He said, "Eatin' purple people and it sure is fine
Re: The one eyed one horned flying purple people eater.
Yeah but Im pretty sure teh songwriters knew what they were doing and that it was going to be talked about like this. The artwork often shows the creature as purple himself. Also, why stop there? you can put the clause division almost anyw,ere. Maybe it;s a cyclops that eats flying purple rhino-human hybrids. or a creature that has six eyes, but there's only one of him.