Re: the i-language

At 19:36 05/07/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello y'all/[jau]/you guys/etc.
>
>In Swedish (and probably most European languages) there is a
>game called _i-språket_ or rather _i-sprikit_ 'the i-language',
>when you change all the vowels to /i/. Thee riseelt is finny,
>bit yee still indeersteend ivrything thit is sid.
>
We have it in French too, but it's not considered a game. It's the way
French people caricature French-speaking Arabs, who are supposed to change
all the vowels to /i/.

                                                Christophe Grandsire
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