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Re: Observations on Spoken Merkin

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 28, 2004, 16:09
--- Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...>
wrote:

> On Monday 27 December 2004 08:01, Philip Newton > wrote: > > > On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:21:45 -0800, Gary Shannon > <fiziwig@yahoo.com <mailto:fiziwig@...>> > wrote: > > > "Magoefrawawk." > > > > Djeetchet? > > Please, for a furriner, could you explain what > "Djeetchet?"
<snip> "Did you eat yet?" The usual exchange is: A: "Djeet?" (Did you eat?) B: "Nachet. Djew?" (Not yet. Did you?") I believe I first saw this exchange in an article in the Reader's Digest in the early or mid 1960's. --gary