translating colloquial word

Thu Jun 16 21:24:50 UTC 2005

Maybe it's a register difference and/or a regional one, but I'm thinking of
eighteen-year-olds around me, who would only use these for comic effect
(imitating older folks like me).

At 04:13 PM 6/16/2005, you wrote:
>"Sad Sack"  Or "Poor Sap"
>  _Dated?_
>  Really!
>
>Genevra Gerhart
>
>ggerhart at comcast.net
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>www.genevragerhart.com
>www.russiancommonknowledge.com
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Russell Valentino
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Program in Russian
Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature
University of Iowa
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