GR translation: whisky glass tipped at the bright subarctic sky

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Mark.


On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 4:38 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tipped means tilted high and upward to drink, head back--
>  "here's to you then, chaps"
> a kind of spontaneous informal toast as one tips the glass....
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 2:11 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V142.8-12, P144.26-30   Here’s a medium shot, himself backlit, alone at
>> the
>> high window in the Grand Hotel, whisky glass tipped at the bright
>> subarctic
>> sky and here’s to you then, chaps, it’ll be all of us up there onstage
>> tomorrow, Ned Pointsman only happened to survive that’s all . . .
>>
>> What does "tipped" mean here?
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