On Tue, 19 May 2015, alexander koryagin wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    ak>> Why, on Earth, Pooh said that Owl sneezed?   
      
    ML> because pooh already told owl that big words confuse him... the    
    ML> concept of a reward is akin to the use of big words so it all    
    ML> sounds like gibberish... a sneeze is no better so it is his way of    
    ML> trying to tell owl to explain it in a different, more simplistic    
    ML> manner...   
      
    ak> Well, it must be as you said, although it is very difficult to    
    ak> hear an act of sneezing in the phrase "Issue a Reward". I wonder    
    ak> do English children understand this place correctly? ;)   
      
   owl didn't actually sneeze and pooh really didn't hear one... it is a "turn of   
   phrase" or something like that... i can't get the correct term to my tongue :(   
   an analogy? a euphemism? neurons just aren't firing the right pathways :?   
      
    ak> PS: Although, it seems I indeed had made a mistake when writing my    
    ak> question. It should have been written this way:   
      
    ak> Why, on Earth, DID Pooh say that Owl sneezed?   
      
   yes, good catch... i saw it but was concentrating you your question...   
      
    ak> Why doesn't my head work properly when it should be?  ;=)   
      
   see above... mine doesn't always work properly when desired either ;)    
      
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