phonetic phumble

[Bruce Dykes]

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Calvert <mcalvert at enterpe.com>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 12:15 AM
Subject: phonetic phumble


>For your amusement and edification, I pass on yet more evidence that the
>road to hell is paved with good intentions.
>Best,
>Michael Calvert-fella
>Press Enterprise
>Bloomsburg, PA
>
>
>MIAMI (AP) — Federal officials hoping to inform Haitian residents in the
>Creole language about subsidized housing have delivered a pamphlet
>written in an imitation Jamaican dialect.
>
>It’s a tough read:
>
>“Yuh as a rezedent, ave di rights ahn di rispansabilities to elp mek yuh
>HUD-asisted owzing ah behta owme fi yuh ahn yuh fambily,” the pamphlet
>states.


Cecil's already on it...http://www.straightdope.com/

In other news...spotted McMansion in Doonesbury this morning (18 Nov).

Bruce