Hot Pot

From left to right:Professor Setsuko, Karen and Sonia.

We had an enjoyable dinner time together. It is nice of Professor Setsuko to treat Karen and me to dinner. (We helped her translate a text from Chinese to English.) We talked a lot. Professor Setsuko is a linguist. We chatted about ambiguous sentences. It is very interesting, I hope you can enjoy it as well. You might have a look below:

Lexical ambiguity

1.Do it in a microwave oven, save time .

2.Bar trying to help alcoholic lawyers.

3.Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy.

4.Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft.

5. Rugby team's coach set on fire.

Structural ambiguity

1.Child teaching expert to speak.

2. Teacher Wants To Be Unveiled; Meeting Tonight.

3. Young makes Zanzibar stop.

4. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids.

5. Police Can't Stop Gambling.