tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097235.post4934409698792723405..comments2023-10-19T17:08:35.836+03:00Comments on CORFUCIUS: Corfuciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12583583284918222360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097235.post-33198911007324784362011-03-21T13:08:32.781+02:002011-03-21T13:08:32.781+02:00hot damn that is good. i am memorising it and usin...hot damn that is good. i am memorising it and using it on all occasions.<br /><br />i promoted malcolm bradbury's 'rates of exchange' which, now i burn to give it to pals, is criminally out of print. bradbury! it concerns a lecturer who goes to a mysterious slavic country and the humor is largely in the invented language. at one point a shadowy character turns to the hero and taps hisCorfuciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583583284918222360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097235.post-52430421860094681092011-03-21T10:52:55.423+02:002011-03-21T10:52:55.423+02:00A Greek friend, while helping translate, a page of...A Greek friend, while helping translate, a page of the Ano Korakiana website, has introduced me to the phrase ‘something’s going “niao-niao” on the roof’ which like all good sayings in another language is untranslateable, but describes somewhere between ‘something funny going on’ and ‘ something rotten in the state of Denmark’. She was amused at finding it; pleased to repeat it to me and I even sibaddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097235.post-91560174258944113032011-03-21T09:53:37.521+02:002011-03-21T09:53:37.521+02:00i have to confess bafflement. i could cheat and sp...i have to confess bafflement. i could cheat and speed this to Maria for translation and whipcrack retort ("Like really whup that simonly ass - no keep it til next week as a salutory b'day prez")but i'm going thru an honest stage. Tiles? Mewling? Cats on hot tin?Corfuciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583583284918222360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097235.post-74283444173808857652011-03-21T09:45:02.640+02:002011-03-21T09:45:02.640+02:00Τι κάνει νιάου-νιάου στα κεραμίδια - but literally...Τι κάνει νιάου-νιάου στα κεραμίδια - but literally.sibaddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.com