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Regarding Pooh
CMAJ 2001;164(8):1124 [PDF]


See response from: S. Shea et al
We have quite of lot of students from Hong Kong who need to have their English language skills brought to a more sophisticated level, and we are trying to help them understand some of the subtleties of our speech. The other day the phrase "tongue-in-cheek" came up, and I am now using your Winnie-the-Pooh article1 to illustrate this style of writing.

We think it quite brilliant.

Dennis Coles
Coles and Coles Languages with Style
Toronto, Ont.


Reference

1. Shea SE, Gordon K, Hawkins A, Kawchuk J, Smith D. Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne. CMAJ 2000;163(12):1557-9.

 

 

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