Date:  Mon, 12 Sep 1994 16:50:05 EDT

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: etaoin shrdlu



I was once told by an English major from Chile that Chilean comedians

imitate the sounds of English (without using any English at all) by endless

repetition of fricatives, especially /s/. She did not specify which vowels

should go between the s's. Notably, she did not get the joke when someone

in class (me) imitated Spanish by making a lot of /k/ and trilled /r/

sounds; however, we were on common ground with a honking nasal imitation of

French.



Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu