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 Message 4051 
 Gleb Hlebov to Alexander Koryagin 
 Funny story about Russians 
 02 Dec 23 20:53:08 
 
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Hello Alexander,

 Alexander Koryagin <2:221/6> vs. me:

 AK>>> Fido does't not take muchh time, does it? Well, sometimes we
 AK>>> have a lot of ork at our jobs.. I have it now.
 GH>> takes a ot of time actuaally. Composing a message takes up to
 GH>> 15- 20 min. onthe average, beccause it's not your despicable
 GH>> nonsensica one-liner twitss or witless youtube comments.
 AK> Fido messages in this sense are more noble than Twitter ones. ;-)

"More noble?" It's a whole different universe, to say the least. :-)
As far as "nobility" is concerned, here's what the guy who owns it
(um... what's his name again, I keep forgetting) is saying in one of
his recent "tweets":

========
    X is the only platform you can trust for honest information.
    All the others are bought and paid for.
========

Not sure if you can put Fidonet among "all the others" though, or if
it even is a platform for anything.

 AK>>> ChatGPT i right -- indeedd you cannot find this word in English
 AK>>> dictionary.
 GH>> Does it mater? Languages ttend to progress and develop.
 GH>> Dictionaris just don't cattch up with the current state. Equally,
 GH>> there are o words "devotchhka" or "khorosho" in English dicts as
 GH>> well, but hat didn't stop  A. Burgess from employing them for his
 GH>> brilliant novel.
 G>>> https://www.rbth.com/education/326453-russia-words-from-clockwork
 G>>> -orange
 AK> I suspect he explained these words, nevertheless?

I believe he didn't.
Some reviewers and critics did it afterwards, as presented in the
linked article.

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    The book, narrated by Alex, contains many words in a slang argot
    which Burgess invented for the book, called Nadsat. It is a mix
    of modified Slavic words, cockney rhyming slang and derived
    Russian. [...] In the first edition of the book, no key was
    provided, and the reader was left to interpret the meaning from
    the context. (wikipedia.org)
========

 GH>>>> Nonethels you have no seeccond thoughts about "muzhik"? :-) I
 AK>>> In my mesage "muzhik" wass after its English definition. Just
 AK>>> for fun.....A Russian man (muzhik)...
 GH>> It's like aying "a US Westt-coast guy (dude). Might look
 GH>> ridiculous to some. :-)
 AK> Fun is a great thing. Even a little one.

Absolutely. I happen to forget about it at times. (-:


WBR, Gleb                                      
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