Re: Conlang Article in the LA Times

From: Michael Poxon <mike@...>

> That's a term rather similar to "Berk" - which many folks think is based on
> a person named "Burke", but it too is rhyming slang,
> for "Berkeley Hunt". I won't undignify the list with the word it rhymes
> with!
Punt? :-)

Chinese, Taiwanese at least, seems to have a similar phenom I could never crack, which
annoyed me to no end. As a non-native speaker, I don't mind not getting them
all, but could you clue one in every once in a while?

Kou