[Dixielandjazz] FW: Emma Chisit

[Bill Haesler]

Dear John Farrell,
Here you are.
All you wanted to know about Emma Chizit, and more.....
Uninterested DJMLers can simply hit the 'delete' key NOW.
Kind regards,
Bill.

(Extracts from a web site on the subject.)
In 1965, Ure Smith in Sydney published "Let Stalk Strine", by the creative
genius, Afferbeck Lauder.=A0 The companion volume was called "Nose Tone Untur=
ned".
 On the front, and throughout the books, there were charicatures of 'yer av=
ridge
Strine'.=A0They were portrayed as 'typical' Australians, having sometimes ina=
ne
conversations, which the reader had to attempt to translate into English - =
for
these people were talking 'Strine'. It was very cleverly done.=A0 ......count=
less
hours of fun trying to relax my mind and 'feel' the words. If you were too
literal the words looked and sounded like gibberish, but if you let them ro=
ll
off your tongue as you read them aloud, eventually you were rewarded with a
flash of recognition.
Let Stalk Strine. Try it a few times. Does it ring any bells? =A0 If you're n=
ot
completely confused you just might have worked out that 'Let Stalk Strine'
translates into 'Let's talk Australian'.=A0
The books are based on the experience and humour of Alistair Morrison, bett=
er
known as Afferbeck Lauder.
Consider the following real life experience of British novelist Monica Dick=
ens,
as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on 30 November 1964. Monica was si=
gning
copies of her latest book at a bookstore in Sydney, when a lady handed her =
a
book, saying "Emma Chisit?"=A0 The author dutifully wrote, 'To Emma Chisit' i=
nside
the front cover of the book and passed it back.=A0 The lady was saying in her=
 best
Strine, "How much is it?", but being from the Motherland, Monica couldn't
understand her.=A0 Alistair Morrison was inspired by this event, to write a
Strine-English phrasebook, using the pseudonym Afferbeck Lauder, which is i=
tself
a Strine phrase. The phrasebook is set out in alphabetical order.

For lot's more info, pull up Google, type in Let's talk strine or Emma Chiz=
it.
Then follow the links.