On 30/11/14 10:13, andrel wrote:
> 
> Are you telling me that you are the original source of the 'knights who
> say "Ni!"'?
> 

No, but interesting anecdote follows:
Michael Palin and I went to the same school (not contemporaneously, I
hasten to add). One of our teachers was the Reverend R H J Brooke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brooke_%28cricketer%29
Whenever he wished to convey an answer that was neither 'yes' nor 'no'
he would say 'Ni!'. I suspect that that was where the Pythons got the
expression from.

My family usage comes from a six-month stay in China.

John (Gung chow)
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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