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Speaking of unrecognisable, one of the tongue-twisters is listed as being in Bolognese dialect, and it doesn't look even remotely Italian, to my uninformed eyes.
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I did appreciate the numerous Indonesian references to my grandfather's older sibling's toenail:
kuku kaki kakak kakekku
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Have the French adopted the English word for cat--or did some scribe leave out the haitch?
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Probably some mad Brit from Nottingham was the scribe
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Bolognese dialect ... it doesn't look even remotely Italian
Even given the fact that some Italian dialects are so different from others that they constitute separate languages, I'm with you on this one, Max. But what can you expect from people who misspell Piedmont?
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Nottingham No, no, Connie: Notting'am!
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Man--all you students/speakers of French--check out the Jersey list:
These are so NOT French Jackie. I don't know who translated these things for him but dang, I hope he didn't pay for it.
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