In article <mibkdq$lbr$
4...@dont-email.me>,
> When I was at MSU I knew a guy from Japan. 4 of us were drinking some
> beers when I mentioned that I had read that during WWII if our military
> thought they were getting scammed on the radio by the Japanese they
> would have the person say the word "parallel". Native Japanese speakers
> can't deal with the combination of sounds very well. He said I can say
> that and then proceeded to rsfck it up. He got mad and started talking
> about kicking my ass. I laughed at him and told him to take his best
> shot. He didn't.
The true meaning of `shibboleth.'
To go off on a tangent:
In college we had a fun-loving coterie.
We had a catch phrase for when somebody
psyched out somebody else.
Ah! You ah suplised I speak you'll ranguage.
I was educated in you'll countly at UCRA.
--
Michael Press