[lit-ideas] Re: Missile envy
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:16:43 +0900
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
> David is probably too young or too Scot to remember the song "My
> Ding-a-ling". Obviously No Dong refers to a non functioning ding-a-ling or
> ED as we politely refer to a dud dick. No wonder North Korea's ready to
> talk.
>
Strongly suspect that No Dong is cognate with Chinese Neng Dong an Japanese
No Do (pronounced "no dough"), in which case a literal translation would be
"Can Move."
John
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