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Re: Chinese whisper

Posted by R. Berg on November 11, 2001

In Reply to: Chinese whisper posted by Elaine on November 11, 2001

: help, could someone give me an example of a chinese whisper, famous or not. I already know Send re-enforcements, we're going to advance.To-(Send two and sixpence, we're going to a dance.)

This is a made-up example of a similar confusion:
Chip's Market has cases of canned pears on sale next Wednesday, cheap.
A pair of Martian spaceships has sailed in and landed next to Wendy's jeep.