emjej@uokvax.UUCP (02/18/84)
#R:ssc-vax:-82000:uokvax:8300041:000:888 uokvax!emjej Feb 16 10:09:00 1984 /***** uokvax:net.religion / ssc-vax!tld / 8:32 pm Feb 14, 1984 */ In his book "They Speak With Other Tongues" John Sherrill reports some experiments similar to those described, but with a bigger sample. Also, there have been instances reported where a recognizable was spoken. Dennis Bennett, in "Nine o'Clock in the Morning" reports an instance of Japanese being the tongue, and in "Mighty Like a Wind", Mel Tari, an Indonesian, reports that English was spoken by someone who did not know the English language. Tom Davis UUCP: uw-beaver!ssc-vax!tld Compuserve: 70110,555 /* ---------- */ There have been experiments in which random de garbage has been played to various people. One woman burst into tears, since she hadn't heard the language of her native land for umpteen years since immigrating...People *impose* what they'd like to believe on the raw data. James Jones