Re: GR translation: You all set to go round ’n’ round with thim

[Mike Jing]

Got it.  Thanks, Monte.

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Boxing: two fighters circling as they throw punches
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> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> V560.20-29   “Why shore. I shoulda known. You don’t have no insignia on.
>> Sheeeee . . . you’re-you’re like th’ Soviet CIC! Ain’tcha.” Slothrop stares
>> back. “Hey. Hey, who’re you tryin’ to git? Huh?” The smile vanishes.
>> “Sa-a-a-y, I shore hope it ain’t Colonel Tchitcherine, now. He’s a good
>> Rooskie, you know.”
>>        “I assure you,” holding up the mandala, cross to vampire, “my only
>> interest is in dealing with the problem of these black devils.”
>>        Back comes the smile, along with a fat hand on Slothrop’s arm.
>> “You all set to go round ’n’ round with thim, whin y’r comrades git here?”
>>        “Round, and round? I am not sure that I—”
>>
>> What's the meaning of the expression "go round and round with them"?  I
>> know what is implied here, but what does it refer to in a more literal
>> sense?
>>
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