Show THE NEUTRAL LANGUAGE LANGUAGES Barber Was Taking No Chances With His Customers The barber was busy The customer Gusto custo mer looked up at him him and said How do you spose th war is goin to turn out The barber said something that nobody nobody no no- body understood The customer re repeated repeated repeated his question The barber re repeated repeated repeated his answer It sounded like lk Choctaw is supposed to to sound The Ther he said How cold did It get today A little later on his oldest custo Gusto customer mer asked him what he said to the tM man The barber grinned Did you hear hoar what he asked me me 1 r Yes Well Wel I aint gittin in no mo trouble trouble trou trou- ble if I can help it Ive I've lost three of my best customers by fool tool Questions Yo cant can't tell by lookin lookin look look- in n at a man which way his war sym sym- sympathies sympathies jump No sir When dey begin begin begin be be- gin th war questions I give em back I Ithe the kind o 0 talk y just heard me givin i in I 1 didn't understand what you said What language was it The barber tested his razor on hi his thumb nail Then he grinned t Dats what I call de neutral language Ian lan guage guage- he replied Cleveland replied Cleveland Plain Dealer |