From our "more than we really wanted to know" file... (fwd)

Okay, I admit it, I couldn't resist forwarding this one on.  There is a
tenuous connection with conlanging.

- andrew.

Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

"Break someone's leg."
                        - Old Orc Saying.

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> While working as a volunteer at our local Boy Scout Council office, one
> of the professional staff -- who was wearing street clothes instead of
> her usual uniform -- was talking about the International Phonetic
> Alphabet.  She said that she had learned it some years ago and proceeded
> to recite it.  "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta..."  But, when she got to
> the letter "U," she stumbled and asked for help.
>
> I offered a hint: "What aren't you wearing today?"
>
> "Underwear?" she replied.