aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Fwd: Re: who u gonna call? /clarification

[M T Znayenko <znayenko@andromeda.rutgers.edu>]

I heard this joke for the first time in l955 from
my Canadian friends:  it
took place, presumably, in Edmonton where an oldtimer burned his
"seat" on an old tramway radiator and screamed... the conductor asked
him what happened,
"do you speak English?  "Ta-de, panon'ku, "spik s....

On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Max Pyziur wrote:

>  ... when you don't speak da language?
>  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010901/us/police_and_immigrants_2.html
>
>
>  Max Pyziur                                     BRAMA - Gateway Ukraine
>  pyz@brama.com                                  http://www.brama.com/
>
>  p.s. an ancient uke goes to the doktor.  The nurse tells him to disrobe
>  and sit in one of the examination rooms.  It's so kold in dere that he
>  goes and sits on the radiator.  Finally, the doc comes in and asks,
>
>    "Speak English?"
>
>    "Spik sraku ..." the uke replies.
>
>  et cetera ...
>
>