Friday, January 28, 2005
Hey, MG! Guess what I am. Listen.
For one thing, Roger, you're a pain in my--
No! Listen!
Um, a chicken?
A chicken? Why would I be a chicken?
I was wondering that, too. Aren't you... clucking?
No! That's not clucking. It's clicking!
Ah.
There's people in Africa who totally communicate that way.
Oh, Roger. No they don't. They don't just make clicking noises. The clicks are just part of their other words. Like an extra letter.
Oh, sure. Then why do they call them the clicking tribe?
Well, because that's part of how they--
Also, you know the name of the tribe?
I think one of them is called--
They're called the kung! That's where we got kung fu. Hai-ya!
What? No it's not! Kung fu is from China. It doesn't have anything to do with African tribes.
See? Christopher told me you'd say that, too. He says people deny the contributions of African people. Now I see what he means.
But, that doesn't make any sense.
Where do you think the Chinese learned kung fu? From the kung. When they said "hai-ya" originally, it used to have a click at the beginning. But it gave their enemies a warning, so they stopped using it. See? Jay and I are going to practice our kung fu moves at lunch. You can come watch.
You and Jay? Where?
In the conference room. Why? Are you going to come watch?
No. I want to make sure I don't see it accidentally.
For one thing, Roger, you're a pain in my--
No! Listen!
Um, a chicken?
A chicken? Why would I be a chicken?
I was wondering that, too. Aren't you... clucking?
No! That's not clucking. It's clicking!
Ah.
There's people in Africa who totally communicate that way.
Oh, Roger. No they don't. They don't just make clicking noises. The clicks are just part of their other words. Like an extra letter.
Oh, sure. Then why do they call them the clicking tribe?
Well, because that's part of how they--
Also, you know the name of the tribe?
I think one of them is called--
They're called the kung! That's where we got kung fu. Hai-ya!
What? No it's not! Kung fu is from China. It doesn't have anything to do with African tribes.
See? Christopher told me you'd say that, too. He says people deny the contributions of African people. Now I see what he means.
But, that doesn't make any sense.
Where do you think the Chinese learned kung fu? From the kung. When they said "hai-ya" originally, it used to have a click at the beginning. But it gave their enemies a warning, so they stopped using it. See? Jay and I are going to practice our kung fu moves at lunch. You can come watch.
You and Jay? Where?
In the conference room. Why? Are you going to come watch?
No. I want to make sure I don't see it accidentally.
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