sharing

[Jonathan Lighter]

Zulu pidgin for "I'm a little teapot...."

JL

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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> > Mark: one hell of an emoticon. Do you use it often?
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> Nonce; and I wouldn't call it an *emot*icon, either. Stancicon? The Motie
> mediators would have a word for it.
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> > Add spear for "Zulu warrior."
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> With the lyrics: "Ai kama zimba zimba zayo, Ai kama zimba zimba zi." (From
> Marais and Miranda, by ear.)
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> m a m
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