Subj : from Russian again
To   : Herman Neut
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Fri Mar 02 2018 18:00:57

Hi & welcome, Herman!  Awhile ago you quoted in a message to Roy Witt:

RW>   Russian cosmonaunt: They're just looking for the last
RW>   drop in their Vodka bottle.

ak>>  What a love for astronomy!" Russian cosmonaunt: "They
ak>>  just drink straight from the bottles."


           Hmm.  I wonder who else can find the spelling error which Roy copied 
from Alexander's joke... probably without retyping... and which I didn't notice 
until just now?  Your juxtaposition of these quotes was what brought the matter 
to my attention, shortly after my discussion with Dallas re various terminology 
used by sailors.  Another way of saying the last five words in my last sentence 
might be [xxx].  If you don't get the drift, do you know of Jason and the [yyy] 
in Greek mythology?  IMHO English is less complicated when one understands what 
we've borrowed from whom, and this word is (bad pun) a classic example....  ;-)




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