not guilty by reason of insanity

[dandy72]

The best one is "temporary insanity". How convenient!

[Pete OHanlon]

That's also known as parenthood.

This space for rent

[dandy72]

As a non-parent, suddenly that explains a lot.

[shell787]

yeah.. for sure... temporary insanity. we'd live in a perfect world. I hope there are valid ways to demonstarte that moment of insanity

[Mycroft Holmes]

In which case the pleader should be instantly neutered and locked in a padded cell for a substantial term. I'm a great believer in eugenics :laugh:

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[Gary Wheeler]

Heteronym[^]

Software Zen: delete this;

[peterkmx]

wow ... until now I never heard of heteronyms but distinction based on sound seems fuzzy to me, - spelling is well defined, but sounds ... this would mean that a homonym can also sometimes be a heteronym, or did I miss your point ... Cheers,

[Gary Wheeler]

It was mostly a play on words :rim-shot:.

[peterkmx]

Oops ... in some way I thought so. It would be thus "learning by playing", which is BTW quite a good outcome ...

[Gary Wheeler]

Tachyonx wrote:

"learning by playing"

I had to; my wife has a Master's degree in English :laugh:.

Software Zen: delete this;