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Re: CHAT: various infotaining natlang tidbits

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 13, 2000, 23:36
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:13:03 CDT > From: Danny Wier <dawier@...>
> >From: Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> > > > Pikanini namba wan bilong Queen <Prince (of Wales) Charles> > > Gras bilong hed <hair> > > Miks masta bilong Jesus Christ <helicopter>
Pickaninny number one belongs Queen. Grass belongs head. MixMaster belongs Jesus Christ. Right.
> A reference to the Rapture? (That's when Jesus comes back, all the > dead saints are resurrected and ascend into heaven with the living > believers -- see 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17. And don't get me started > on millennial/tribulation issues; I'm a Catholic in a town full of > Baptists... ;)
No, I just think someone has been passing bad Tok Pisin in the streets of Copenhagen. (Pickaninny is a _US_ 'slave' word.) Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)