london judge rules rap a foreign language

[monsieurjohn]

A high court judge ruled yesterday that rap lyrics should be treated as a "foreign language" after admitting that he was unsure of the meaning of "shizzle my nizzle" and "mish mish man".

Mr Justice Lewison, who was ruling on a copyright battle between two British rap bands, even pondered the idea of inviting a drug dealer into the court as an expert witness to end the confusion.

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The judge said the claim had led to the "faintly surreal experience of three gentlemen in horsehair wigs [himself and the two barristers] examining the meaning of such phrases".

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...6.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/06/06/ixportal.html

 

[KNSinatra]

oh come on judge. who *doesn't* know what "mish mish man" means :rolleyes:

:rotflmao:

That's such a good find, MJ

 

[jadedskies]

:rotflmao:
that's just classic.