Subj : More Word Play
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Mon Dec 25 2017 11:08:56

Hi! Ardith,

On 24 Dec 17 16:12, you wrote to me:

 AH>            #11 has to do with a kid who, according to a primary
 AH> teacher I once worked with, is by her rule of thumb ready to begin
 AH> learning to read.

:)  Sore gums & insufficient skills with forming words without tongue pressure 
on pearly whites makes them quietly studious.

 AH>            IMHO you're smarter than you believe you are!  Dallas says
 AH> I should have mentioned that these are all Christmas carols or popular
 AH> songs associated with the season... information which would have made
 AH> the task easier.

He's incorrect.  I saw it from my second eyeball browse.

 AH>            #12 has to do with a herd animal domesticated in northern
 AH> Eurasia & used for pulling sleds, according to my OXFORD CANADIAN
 AH> DICTIONARY.

I used to think it was sled dogs.  I was recently corrected by a bloke from the 
Aland Islands that it's more likely as you intend.  My wrist got slapped.

 AH> Maybe you can fill us in on the "Six White Boomers" I remember from my
 AH> youth.  I can see how readers from various countries might have fun
 AH> with the song, anyway.  :-))

This is not easy for me.  I'm mentally stuck on a bawdy ballad I learned from 
my dad who was a WWII vet having fought in New Guinea, with close ties with USA 
troops.  I can't get past the (later) lyrics in the "She'll Be Coming Round the 
Mountain" song. Oops.  ;-)

Cheers,
Paul.

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