[very OT] Rotwelsch

From: J%ORG KNAPPEN (KNAPPEN@ALPHA.NTP.SPRINGER.DE)
Date: Tue Sep 26 2000 - 05:48:50 EDT


Rotwelsch is an argot, spoken several hundred years ago throughout
europe. It was based on french with many words from hebrew. It was intentionally
obscure to outsiders.

If I remember right, Francois Villon wrote peoms and songs in Rotwelsch.

--J"org Knappen



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