ATD SPOILER p. 95

[Ande]

    Hadn't meant to knock the wiki--and I know that it can be edited and
    re-edited-- so it is a tool that will grow in usefulness--however,
    I__prefer__ discussion, especially when conjecture is
    involved---case in point pg 95 as discussed or pg 123 --where I am
    accorded a reference, based on a very off-hand and tongue in cheek
    comment thrown into a discussion of puns on politicians names--I
    know very little Russian--enough to know that Tovarishchi = Comrade,
    and read the other word to sound like Slut Cheney  and so took it it
    to be a play on  the Friends of Bill type-cabals often thought to be
    responsible for a certain type of global mischief---it was a comment
    that really only worked in the context of the discussion --wasn't
    meant to become a reference...and since I'm not comfortable enough
    with the wiki technology or etiquette I don't want to have go
    explaining myself -out of context, or deleting something that
    someone else thought was important...

*Pyncho Wiki Pg 121  Tovarishchi Slutchainyi* Translates as Comrades of 
Cheney (according to Ande on Pynchon-L) "...notorious for promoting 
wherever in the world they choose a program of mischief..."

The literal translation of "Slutchainyi" is "accidental". So that the 
phrase "Tovarishchi Slutchainyi" could mean someone who is friends, but 
not intentionally, ie: perhaps people who are conscripted into a 
situation where they are forced to be communal. (Thanks to Anna Zaytseva 
for the idiomatic help!)



Tim Strzechowski wrote:

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>   I'm not a bit fan of wiki technology, but that's because html stuff is
>   foreign to me.  With some experience on the site, I can get past the
>   learning curve and make contributions.  I'd like to.  I think the idea
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