Ciazarn

Da Queen and I were listening to Wait Wait Don't Tell me this evening. Julia Sweeney was on the "Not My Job" segment and was quized about carnies. Julia got all three questions right, including the one about the old carny language, ciazarn. I just remembered that my father was a fluent ciazarn speaker. When he wanted to talk to mom without being understood by us kids he would just launch into it. I don't think mom ever got the hang of speaking it, but she did understand him. Dang but that was frustrating. I never did get the hang of it.

Now I'm wondering. Where did dad learn that particular skill? Hmmm.