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Re: CHAT: SV: Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

From:Tommie L Powell <tommiepowell@...>
Date:Friday, March 23, 2001, 18:11
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 Frank George Valoczy writes:
> [I, Tommie Powell, wrote:] > > Svejk was a good soldier. > > He only fought Hungarians by accident. > > Really? The why did he enjoy so much his big scrap with >Vodicka in the street in Sopron against the Hungarians? ;) >
A good soldier enjoys a good fight. But Svejk was only trying to deliver a love letter, on behalf of his commanding officer -- and if that military mission went slightly awry, well, that's just the fortunes of war!
> Svejk is my favourite book =) >
Mine, too.
> I'm going to translate it into Dalmatica =) >
Wow! By itself, that will make Dalmatica worth learning! **Tommie

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