Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 22:20:33 -0600

From: "Donald M. Lance" engdl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU

Subject: Re: Ethnic "Humor"



RS: Toes! Toes! Why djew Don Juan toes? Ow bow cenglish mopping

we bother?



The perpetrator of this put-down dialogue does not say the h- in 'what'.

'Juan' for this speaker is a wan name.



I wonder how well the author of this piece speaks another language, that

is, one besides hw-less English. Likewise, whether the amount of laughter

evoked by the joke is inversely proportional to the laugher's ability to

speak foreign languages. Just a little wry irony from me at this moment.