Re: CHAT: Opperlands

From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html wrote:

> (i) They are amused when you try to learn their language,
> (ii) they are really p*ssed off when you try to speak it,
> (iii) they are delighted when you miss a step with it,
> (iv) they are truely fascinating people.
During my all-too-brief stay there (a five-week house exchange
one summer), I found that (ii) and (iii) are false, at least at the
few-words level; (i) and (iv) are definitely true.  I made a point
of beginning all conversations with strangers by apologizing
(in English) for having no Dutch.  This went over well in 99% of
all cases.

> Nota : this is a JOKE (smile !)
Got it.

--
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)