TIL that during WWII American soldiers in the Pacific theatre would use the word 'lollapalooza' to challenge unidentified persons, on the premise that Japanese people often pronounce the letter L as R

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth#Notable_shibboleths



Submitted February 27, 2015 at 05:48AM by irritatedcitydweller http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2xamst/til_that_during_wwii_american_soldiers_in_the/