"Murphy's Laws" and Polish puns

[Dennis R. Preston]

OK Mai. What's the quaint regional twist? After all, this is a dialect
society list. My Finno-Ugric capacities are limited to my mother tongue.

dInIs

>In my family of origin, we used to joke about the famous Japanese boxer
>Yokohama Humahuta, which is Finnish (with a quaint regional twist) for
>"shall I punch [the opponent] now?"
>
>-Mai
>.....................................................
>Mai Kuha
>mkuha at indiana.edu

Dennis R. Preston
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