A lawyer named Strange died, and his friends asked the tombstone maker to inscrbe on his
tombstone, "Here lies Strange,a honest man nd a lawyer".
The inscriber insisted that such an inscription would be confusing, 4 passersby would tend to tink dat 3 men
wer burid unda d stne. Howevr he sugestd an altnative:
He wld inscribe, "Here lies a man hu was bot honest nd a lawyer. dat way, weneva any1 walkd by d
tombstone and read it, dey wld be certain 2 remark: "That's Strange!"
tombstone, "Here lies Strange,a honest man nd a lawyer".
The inscriber insisted that such an inscription would be confusing, 4 passersby would tend to tink dat 3 men
wer burid unda d stne. Howevr he sugestd an altnative:
He wld inscribe, "Here lies a man hu was bot honest nd a lawyer. dat way, weneva any1 walkd by d
tombstone and read it, dey wld be certain 2 remark: "That's Strange!"
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