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Another way of looking at films . . .
« on: May 20, 2017, 08:41:06 PM »
Mary Poppins: the 'spoonful of sugar' is actually an hallucinogenic drug.


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Re: Another way of looking at films . . .
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2017, 09:50:21 PM »
That would certainly explain Dick Van Dyke's performance.

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Re: Another way of looking at films . . .
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2017, 10:00:57 PM »
Mary Poppins: the 'spoonful of sugar' is actually an hallucinogenic drug.
This is interesting. I've always thought that the use of "an" before a word that starts with an "h" was an English dialect thing. I really don't know. Is this actually correct?

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Re: Another way of looking at films . . .
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2017, 11:13:34 PM »
I did try it both ways, and the use of 'an' prevents the hiccup before 'hallucinogenic'.

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Re: Another way of looking at films . . .
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2017, 11:58:06 AM »
You have to wonder how little Michael turned out, and how much worse it could have been had he not encountered Mary Poppins...


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Re: Another way of looking at films . . .
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2017, 11:39:00 PM »
Mary Poppins: the 'spoonful of sugar' is actually an hallucinogenic drug.
This is interesting. I've always thought that the use of "an" before a word that starts with an "h" was an English dialect thing. I really don't know. Is this actually correct?

An how would I know?

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Re: Another way of looking at films . . .
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2017, 11:54:45 PM »
An how would I know?

Because you're wearing that silly flat black hat?