The English Patient: "You speak 7 languages but you say nothing in any
of them", post-Brecht, pre-Roger.
Roger
On 11/23/05, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Brecht got there first: he said the Finns were silent in two languages
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
> > poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> > Sent: 23 November 2005 23:23
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Other French joke
> >
> > In one of Roger's rare attacks of a sense of humour, it does
> > happen to the Frogs now and again, the other day he said to
> > me (I quote):
> >
> > 'I'm so glad that I'm bi-lingual: now I know how to say
> > nothing in two different languages'
> >
> > best
> >
> > Dave
> >
>
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