[lit-ideas] Re: Director of the Spoken Word
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:48:26 +0100
I can't find the Indie story online (to give people a
translation), however, peerages-for-cash means
they were being sold (it's alleged) and a caution
in this context (less obvious, I agree) is a formal
warning by the police. ("Interviewed"; here
"by the police" is implied.)
I'll try to spell things out, lacking a url, in future,
if only for David's sake.
David quoted (actually, I see, "quoted")
>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mauresmo beats Davenport hoodoo
The ball-tampering allegation carries a possible penalty
of a one Test or two one-dayers ban, plus a heavy fine.
<<<<<<<<<<
did the BBC really publish that as you give it here?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
The captain of the Pakistani cricket team is being charged
with cricket's equivalent of corking a baseball bat.
<<<<<<<<<<<<
he is? -- yes, he is. I thought they dropped that allegation
after the
umpire who accused him offered to retire given a hefty bribe
(£500,000) and given that the video shows nothing. But here's
the latest, which should be easily intelligible even to David:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/5369716.stm
*and here's "Mauresmo beats Davenport hoodoo"*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mauresmo beats Davenport hoodoo
Mauresmo recorded her first win over Davenport in
12 matches Top seed Amelie Mauresmo ended an
11-match losing streak against Lindsay Davenport,
beating her 6-4 6-3, to reach the China Open semi-finals.
(etc., not incl. anything like what David said.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5371580.stm
For those of you who, because you're in the US,
don't understand "hoodoo"
>>>>>>>>
2. bad luck.
3. a person or thing that brings bad luck.
[Origin: 1870-75, American; appar. var of voodoo]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
© Random House, Inc. 2006.
<<<<<<<<<<<
HTH
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: David Ritchie
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Bev Hogue
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 5:24 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Director of the Spoken Word
On Sep 22, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Judith Evans wrote:
I bring you good tidings of great joy. Tony Blair may be
formally interviewed (and cautioned) re the "peerages for cash"
scandal (odds even).
In other tidings from the BBC, illustrating how distinct are our
experiences of English:
Mauresmo beats Davenport hoodoo
The ball-tampering allegation carries a possible penalty of a one
Test or two one-dayers ban, plus a heavy fine.
According to the new Fast Track procedure for such cases,
Babayaro was offered a three-match ban and accepted.
Translation, for those not living on the right side of the pond:
Lindsay Davenport--what more WASP name could one imagine--lost a
match in the Chinese Open, possibly due to a failure of her
African-American folk magic. The captain of the Pakistani cricket
team is being charged with cricket's equivalent of corking a
baseball bat. And a Newcastle soccer player caught on video doing
something unusually violent to Dirk Kuyt, a Liverpool player,
pleaded guilty. In the tabloids this story was undoubtedly
headlined, "Babayaro in Dirk Kuyt Hurt Probe Shock."
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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