Re: Singing in foreign langs. was Re: Greetings

Sally Caves wrote:
>From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
>> Very true.  But "lark's vomit" [lA:kswOmIt] sounds much more appropriate
>> as a candy ingredient in English.
>
>WHAT??????  <G>  I'm not getting a reference, here, I don't think.  Candy
>Ingredient. Hmmm.  Joke??  Word in a foreign language?  German?  lakswomit.
>
Monty Python.  I believe _Iranian_ larks were the preferred source.  The
same show IIRC gave us my favorite bizarrerie:

Barechested American Indian in warpaint and regalia, takes seat in British
theater, accepts a piece of candy from neighbor, takes a bite, exclaims:
Mmm, crunchy frog.  Heap good!