[lit-ideas] Re: JOE THE COSSACK PLUMBER
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:39:18 -0700 (PDT)
Cossack Plumber. Now that takes a smiley face. I meant Joe the Cossack
Cowboy. Or I suppose Ivan the Cossack Cowboy. I know I know. Cossacks
weren't nice people. But there aren't any nice people, or nice peoples, in the
world, virtually not a one. Like cowboys, nice people(s) exist only in our
mythologies.
--- On Sun, 10/19/08, Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: JOE THE COSSACK PLUMBER
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 5:26 AM
Just thought I'd mention that the 'g' in Yevgenie is pronounced like the 'g' in
ghost, as in Yevgeny Onegin. Actually Yevgeny Onegin, sorry. A
transliteration mistake. The 'ie' seems to make the 'g' sound like the 'g' in
Gene. I never actually listened to the opera Yevgeny Onegin. Eric, are you
familiar with it? Dark, brooding? In dire need of a frowny face?
--- On Sun, 10/19/08, Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: JOE THE PLUMBER
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 2:31 AM
Actually, if you're a real cowboy you're probably a freed slave or out of work
soldier from the Civil War looking for work. Or a Russian Cossack immigrant
doing horsemanship in NYC or Philadelphia in a Cossack style embroidered
shirt. So if you like cowboys you'll have to thank the people at Liberty
Island who changed Yevgenie Autryinski into Gene Autry. Okay, never mind, I
made him up but it captures the reality of the origin of the cowboy. The real
cowboys are long forgotten. There's actually a book I came across once on
the myth of the cowboy but it too is long forgotten. If I think of it I'll
post it.
--- On Sat, 10/18/08, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But if you're a real cowboy, you suck it up and get back on your horse.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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