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Subject: Re: [Leica] The Guru Has Spoken, NYAAH!
From: "dominique pellissier" <noct@club-internet.fr>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:04:59 +0100

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From: Dan Post <dpost@triad.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] The Guru Has Spoken, NYAAH!


> Francesco-
> Whence does NYAAH come?, you ask!----
> OOPS- forgot that English may or may not be a first language for various
> members of the group! The phrase was borrowed from a TV show call "Fraggle
> Rock" featuring some little creatures that lived in the sub-basement of an
> old inventor. They would go out to confer in the garden with Marjorie, The
> Trash Heap- an amorphous mound of compost that apparently has sprung to
> life, and uttered words of wisdom. The Fraggles sought her out as sort of
> Delphic Oracle. After her pronouncements, two syncophantic rat characters
> would say, "The Trash Heap has Spoken, NYAAH!" in a sarcastic, dismissive
> way! This denoted the end of the discussion. Finito!
> The term, NYAAH! usually precedes a Bronx Cheer, or Raspberry- where you
> stick out you tongue and make a somewhat sibilant farting sound!
> When done properly, it is guaranteed to be considered derisive, and fully
> understandable in any culture, especially when accompanied by a
supercilious
> raising of the eyebrows, and a slight nod of the head!
> So there, NYAAH!
>
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In french language too !
Kids say : "crotte, NYAAH, NYAAH"
crotte = shoot (=shit)
The lug is the ultimate source of cultural enlightment...