[lit-ideas] Re: Flew: The Obituary/What a Hoot
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 17:03:24 -0700
On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
--- * in Germany, when they did not have a "William the
Conqueror" they
still confuse, in plattsdeutsche, the flea with the fly
(dialectically)
Type "Always the Germans" into your search engine and you may get, a
I did, this odd pairing:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/12/18/116161/the-germans-always-
win/
http://deadspin.com/5477645/always-tinkering-the-germans-have-decided-
sledding-could-use-more-nudity
Thinking of "hoots"--see my reply to Geary for why you might be--did
you know that associating owls with "tu-whit, tu-who" comes of
"Love's Labours Lost"? I didn't.
I also didn't know that the following are official names for minor
planets: Bonk, Wanke, Dick, Pecker, Fanny and ArthurDent. Yes,
there's also a Douglasadams. (p.52, "The Book of General Igonorance")
David Ritchie,
over the limit and off to tennis in
Portland, Oregon
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