Re: CHAT: Cowan again (was: jokes (was: Fdnyldjikyl Inglyx))

BP Jonsson wrote:

> In the worst cases I just blurt out
> some insult in Icelandic.  Icelandic isn't part of my mix -- "genetically"
> speaking, but it tends to be effective in terms of making them shut up.
Is that because they understand it, or because they don't understand it,
or both?

> (Hey, John, did you know that "kaun" is the name of the K rune in Old Norse?)
Way to go.  I guess if I need to start writing messages to be left on the
underside of rocks on the tops of exposed hills, I'll use a K-rune to sign
them.

--

Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau,  || http://www.reutershealth.com
Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau,           || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Und trank die Milch vom Paradies.            -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)