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From: alexander koryagin <koryagin@erec.ru>

Hi, Paul Quinn!
I read your message from 26.08.2013 16:17

 PQ>>> It works as intended if one views the world through the
 PQ>>> persona of a (deceased) English comedian, Benny Hill.
 PQ>>> His caricatures of asians' inability to ??tongue-twist
 PQ>>> the 'l' sound, substituting the 'r' sound instead, made
 PQ>>> for a lot of aural humour in his comedy skits.
 PQ>
 ak>> I saw his comics, but as far as I remember they were
 ak>> comedies of action, without words.
 PQ>
 PQ> I just went to my aunty YouTube (uncle is Google) and typed in
 PQ> "benny hill", and the search engine suggested "benny hill
 PQ> chinese guy" in the list as I was ??typing.  After I clicked on
 PQ> that suggestion, the first link/video offered was...
 PQ>
 PQ> (Mr Chow Mein auditions as a Ventriloquist
 PQ> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy88Sxxce_4
 PQ>
 PQ> I rest my case.    Enjoy.

Yes, indeed, that "little ferrow" speaks there.  In Russia we haven't
seen this episode, probably because it is untranslatable.

Bye, Paul!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.english-tutor 2013
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