From Chris Finn,
Your item about the Navaho and keeping messages secret rang bells with me
(Feedback, 14 March).
My brother, though born in the West Riding, has lived in the Czech Republic
for more than half his life, part of this at a time when, as Czechoslovakia, it
was under communist rule. When I wanted to send him information for his eyes
only, I used to write in broad Yorkshire, using dialect and homophones: fur it
wore double dutch if tha want a Tyke tha nose.
Try translating that with a Czech/English dictionary.
Beverley, East Yorkshire
