Re: Ennui (was Re: Multilingual translation exercise, part 1)

John Cowan wrote:
>Only in Rightpondia and Northicia[*], be it noted; here in Lower
>Leftpondia,
>it's /lu'tEn@nt/.  Did lootenants and leftenants face off against
>each other at Yorktown, or at the burning of Toronto, one wonders?
>(The TelePrompTer of Peter Jennings, noted anchor of a Leftpondian national
>teleprogram "XYZ News" -- and Northician by birth -- actually displays
>"lootenant" so he won't slip and reveal his foreign origin, quelle
>horreur!)
Do lootenants loot alot?

                                           Andreas

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