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Subject: word puzzle meisters, you're my last hope! Guys, please help play out this snarl of malaprops, conundrums and baby-talk!1.(Не пугайтесь: даю максимально контекст):
Malaprop became enshrined in a common noun, first in the form malaprop and later in malapropism, which is first recorded in 1849. Perhaps that is what Mrs. Malaprop feared when she said, “If I reprehend any thing in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!” - Меня интересует подразумеваемое предложение в точном виде.
reprehend = comprehend? oracular = vernacular? derangement = arrangement? epitaphs = epithets??? - Помогите, а? (кричит 'too many exclamation points' - приходится выкручиваться:) 2. (Тоже малапропизм:)
Radio actress Jane Ace updated the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase from the 18th century to the 20th century when she proudly proclaimed herself "a ragged individualist" and offered up a bemused "you could have knocked me down with a fender."
Здесь rugged вместо ragged, а дальше??? ...knocked me down with a fender - что здесь менять? (У меня есть предположения, but that'll compromise an experiment:) 3. "And it is that word 'hummy," my darlings, that marks the first place in The House at Pooh Corner at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up." (Dorothy Parker)
Интересует ТОЛЬКО fwowed up. Я думал даже throwed up уже - не могу больше! Помогите, 'cause I'm exhausted:)
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