Was My Eighth Grade English Teacher One of Us?

[QuicksandMania]

My eighth grade English teacher used to love using this sample sentence to illustrate various grammar principles:

"Playing in the mud is fun."

For vocabulary, she included these short words:

Bog
Mire

During the spelling quiz, she grinned as she repeated the words aloud:

"Bog ... Bog ..."
"Mire ... Mire ..."

For the classic short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, she explained the source of the antagonist's distress:

"The man was being buried alive!"

Long before I knew there were others like me, I wondered if she was one like me, though I never asked!

[Viridian]

That seems a bit abstract to judge someone.

[QuicksandMania]

It probably qualifies as a Rorschach test!

[Billie Bonce]

My eighth grade English teacher used to love using this sample sentence to illustrate various grammar principles:

"Playing in the mud is fun."

For vocabulary, she included these short words:

Bog
Mire

During the spelling quiz, she grinned as she repeated the words aloud:

"Bog ... Bog ..."
"Mire ... Mire ..."

For the classic short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, she explained the source of the antagonist's distress:

"The man was being buried alive!"

Long before I knew there were others like me, I wondered if she was one like me, though I never asked!

Well, you noticed these words and this sentence because you... Well, you know why Now try to estimate, how many other words and other sentences she used?