linguistic movie moments

[Jeff Deby]

Hello all,

On a slightly different tack, CBC Radio One in
Canada has a First Nations satire programme called
"Dead Dog Cafe".  Usually there is a segment
called "Conversational Cree" in which the hosts
teach non-Cree speakers useful Cree phrases like
"Please ask the chauffeur to bring the car
around."  Amusing for the dabbler and a spring-off
point for undergrads who aren't ready to handle
things like Hill's mock Spanish article right off
the bat.

For the one or two of you who may not live in
Canada, text & Real Audio files available at the
Dead Dog Cafe website:

http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/deaddog/

Jeff

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Jeff Deby
ABD, Sociolinguistics
Georgetown University
debyj at georgetown.edu