Champ
01-21-2005, 03:18 AM
On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:45:06 GMT, "platypus"
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>darsy wrote:
>> platypus wrote:
>>> darsy wrote:
>>
>>>> slightly confusing insofar as you appear to have used the word
>>>> "horrowshow" to mean "bad", when in fact Burgess intended
>>>> "horrowshow" to be an anglicization of the russian word "khorosho"
>>>> meaning "good or well".
>>>
>>> In my copy, it's spelled "horrorshow".
>>
>> I was repeating Champ's (fairly common) alternative[1] spelling for
>> reasons of my own.
>
>"fairly common alternative spelling"? Pull the other one. This alternative
>spelling is fairly common where, exactly?
Amongst those of us who suffer from Jonathan Woss syndrome.
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Please add "imo" to above post.
Champ
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8
Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>darsy wrote:
>> platypus wrote:
>>> darsy wrote:
>>
>>>> slightly confusing insofar as you appear to have used the word
>>>> "horrowshow" to mean "bad", when in fact Burgess intended
>>>> "horrowshow" to be an anglicization of the russian word "khorosho"
>>>> meaning "good or well".
>>>
>>> In my copy, it's spelled "horrorshow".
>>
>> I was repeating Champ's (fairly common) alternative[1] spelling for
>> reasons of my own.
>
>"fairly common alternative spelling"? Pull the other one. This alternative
>spelling is fairly common where, exactly?
Amongst those of us who suffer from Jonathan Woss syndrome.
--
Please add "imo" to above post.
Champ
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8
Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com