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Re: CHAT: After all, it works!

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 6, 1999, 15:53
John Fisher wrote:

> That's what I thought to start with, but of course Christophe's proverb > means "The scalded cat fears cold water," which is a bit more subtle.
I was supplying the (approximately) equivalent proverb, not translating. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)