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[rone]

[From] Bobby Ray Miller's United Press International Stylebook (1977, p. 29):

burro, burrow  A burro is an ass.  A burrow is a hole in the ground.  As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.

More about the history of this bit of humor here.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

mantequilla == little lard (palecur, www.rae.es says "manteca" is "de origen incierto")

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

Hey, cool! I didn't know that.