What are you reading...

[dusken]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs If you say so. I didn't get a chance to finish the book but I will.

Look at you, Mr./Ms. "Look, but don't care". You already have 5 posts going for you, haha. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

You're right. I'm done, unless there is more Mod Squad discussion.

[Dan]

Originally posted by dusken You're right. I'm done, unless there is more Mod Squad discussion.

hahahhahahahahahhahaa. mod squad discussions.. haha u rock, dusken

[loseyourname]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs Loser, it's NOT an entirely new language - it's Russian. Believe me, I'd know. But still, it's one thing to see Russian words in Russian letters, and a whole different story when you see Russian words in English letters. The same goes for any language.

Read the forward, you dork. There is an explanation of what the language is and how it was invented. It's an evolution of both Russian and English, with many of the words bearing a resemblance to present words, but modified. Some are completely new. There is an appendix in my copy that I didn't have to download that says what all the words mean. It isn't the easiest way to read, but it worked.

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by loseyourname Read the forward, you dork. There is an explanation of what the language is and how it was invented. It's an evolution of both Russian and English, with many of the words bearing a resemblance to present words, but modified. Some are completely new. There is an appendix in my copy that I didn't have to download that says what all the words mean. It isn't the easiest way to read, but it worked.

I did read the forward, you dolt. All of the non-English words that I came across were Russian words. Would you like for me to repeat that again? Just because they looked foreign to you doesn't mean that they looked foreign to me.

[loseyourname]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs I did read the forward, you dolt. All of the non-English words that I came across were Russian words. Would you like for me to repeat that again? Just because they looked foreign to you doesn't mean that they looked foreign to me.

I'm just telling you exactly what the forward in my copy says. I don't know anything about Russian, so when it says they a slight modifying of current words based on how Burgess thinks words will evolve in the near future, I take it at face value. Shame on me. I'm such a dolt.

[sSsflamesSs]

OK, I just looked up this ACO glossary you and dusken mentioned. This was my point...

For example, the word "bugatty" in the book means rich - from my knowledge, the Russian word for rich is "bah-gah-ti" (pronounciation-wise). You see the similarities? All of the words, although not perfectly spelled to follow proper pronounciation, were Russian words (the ones that looked non-English to me, that is).

[dusken]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs OK, I just looked up this ACO glossary you and dusken mentioned. This was my point...

For example, the word "bugatty" in the book means rich - from my knowledge, the Russian word for rich is "bagati" (pronounciation-wise). You see the similarities? All of the words, although not perfectly spelled to follow proper pronounciation, were Russian words (the ones that looked non-English to me, that is).

Nobody disagreed with you. I know the book better than anyone. And both lose and I know that there is Russian in there. But some of it has other sources, including thin air. What are you arguing?

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by dusken Nobody disagreed with you. I know the book better than anyone. And both lose and I know that there is Russian in there. But some of it has other sources, including thin air. What are you arguing?

I checked out the book from the library, and it did not have the glossary that you speak of, and I was not aware that such a glossary existed. That was my point, of how someone with no Russian background, would have trouble understanding the text. Enter the ACO glossary - case solved. That's all.

Addicting, isn't it? Posting, that is.

[dusken]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs I checked out the book from the library, and it did not have the glossary that you speak of, and I was not aware that such a glossary existed. That was my point, of how someone with no Russian background, would have trouble understanding the text. Enter the ACO glossary - case solved. That's all.

Addicting, isn't it? Posting, that is.

Like I said earlier, I had no problem understanding it and I have no Russian background at all. I did not have to know what the Russian word pronounced "horosho" meant to understand that "horrorshow" meant very good. The context does help and even if it didn't, it wasn't important.

Yes it is.

[SexyAries]

My mom and my brother just finished reading "The Portable Nietzsche" By Walter Kaufmann. You guys ever read it? Think its a good book? should I read it?