Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!linus!philabs!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Re: Japanese R/Ls Message-ID: <2322@aecom.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 00:06:14 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.2322 Posted: Thu Mar 13 00:06:14 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Mar-86 20:14:00 EST References: <821@cylixd.UUCP> <342@tesla.UUCP> Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 17 <> > The Japanese unlike the Chinese, seem to make "l" sound like "r". A common > joke about JAL is that their stewardesses announce : > > " We hope you enjoy your fright ". > I once typed a paper for A Japanese graduate student, remarking that if I didn't make it as a biochemist, I could always get a job as a Kelly girl. As I let her do the finishing touches on my word-processor, I ended up with a note, that among other things, thanked me for being a "Carry girl." -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner "It doesn't even have to be a Pelvis."