Re: Cants

On 9 Dec, Peter Bleackley wrote:

> Does anybody know anything about cants (ie deliberately obfuscated
in-group
> dialects and languages). I'd particulary like to know about the processes
> involved in deriving them from "normal" languages.
    I'm afraid that I  _cant_   help you regarding
the processes involved.  ;-)
   (Sorry! I couldn't resist it!  :-)   )

    But seriously, have you heard of  "Boontling", spoken
in the Anderson valley in California?
    A quick google turned up at least this interesting site
on the subject:

www.avbc.com/visit/boontling.html

    Dan Sulani
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