Re: CHAT: con-childish taunts

Nik Taylor wrote:

> How did they get this from "Catch a tiger by his toe"?
It comes from the (now-taboo) "Catch a nigger" version.

>  Am I correct in
> assuming that's [kis:'anja 'bajsto]?
No, the "ia" is two syllables here, stress on "i".  There may have been
an accent mark or diaeresis in Levi's transcription: I don't recall.

> >         Effiala retingo
>
> Odd that l became r, not *letingo but retingo
Dissimilation, I guess.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)