Klarinet Archive - Posting 000808.txt from 2000/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Foreign Languages.
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:41:31 -0400

It has Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy origins.

Roger S.

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Tony Wakefield wrote:

> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:29:30 +0100
> From: Tony Wakefield <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Foreign Languages.
>
>
> > There are already 2 foreign language "Klarinets" - clair (Italian) and
> > clariperu (Spanish/Portugese) running on Sneezy, so I get to use Babelfish
> > quite a bit!
> >
> > Mark C.
>
> Babelfish - now >there`s a word!! What does it mean my American friends? Is
> it similar to our "Double-Dutch",
> (no offence Netherlands. If so, then sincere apologies,) meaning "it`s
> written in (any) language which cannot be understood by anyone, therefore
> considered to be nonsense". Perhaps it has Biblical origins? But I hesitate
> to
> wonder if indeed the apostrophe has been omitted which would put Mark in
> touch with some glamour? - - - - - -
> Babe l`fish WOW! Please explain in English Mark - - - -(as Tony
> skilfully steps back to avoid the upper cut).
>
> Tony W.
> P.S. It`s not even in the spellchecker.
> P.P.S. You`ll have to excuse the heavy breathing folks. I was playing the
> Gatwick Hilton last night, and you wouldn`t believe the number of young
> American blondes, almost wearing short tops and minis, trying to sit on the
> bar stools with some dignity. Well I s`pose you would believe it. Ah
> well - - - -
> P.P.P.S. I`m there again on the 1/2/3/8/9/10 Sept if there are any young
> American blonde clarinettists` visiting.
> COME AND SAY HELLO!
>
>
>
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