On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:53:20 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>J. Clarke wrote:
>
>>>> The word at issue is not "shoulder", it is "berm". Do try to pay
>>>> attention.
>>>
>>> I am paying attention. Berm is the wrong word, period. Nothing you
>>> say can change that.
>>
>> Fine, when some teenager her car broke down and she stopped on the "berm"
>> you go on thinking she's talking about a pile of dirt, and the rest of us
>> will figure out what she actually did.
>
>The fact that the meaning can be deciphered doesn't mean that the expression
>is correct. If the hypothetical teenager said her car broke down and she
>stopped on the skirt, does that mean "skirt" is now synonymous with
>shoulder?

means she's curious... about bisexuality.