Platonov - Kosnoyazuchie

[colkitto]

Dear Lily and All (et al)?,

> Although people like me and others may take part in the search for a good 
> word, and native speakers may help in deciphering the hidden meaning and 
> grammatical controversies - it seems to me that the group that could be of 
> help to you in finding correlating English odd words/usage, would be 
> American comedians.

I actually did suggest a (late) British comedian, Tony Hancock ("I paint ... 
with light" - sounds much funnier than it reads) as a source of inspiration. 
Hancock, however, achieved much of his effect with tone of voice rather than 
word-choice - maybe Platonov needs to be read aloud to be appreciated 
properly?

Robert Orr (have to put my name in (not quite) full for this thread) 

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