Um... Crazy...Originally Posted by Crazy Russian
Well... I have just read the collected stories by Anton Chekhov and "Trainspotting" for the fifth consecutive time. Listen people who have "Trainspotting" in English? Could you send me it, please?That is one of my favourite books. I have turned upside-down all the Internet but I didn't find it. Damn!
I wonder if anyone has got around to explaining to you - Trainspotting wasn't WRITTEN in English?
It's some bizzare phonetic representation of as broad (and foul) a Scots accent as possible - using the regular English alphabet sure but totally incomprehensible as written English.
You have to read it out loud to make any sense of it and... well.. you wouldn't really want to do that with anyone around.
Unless everyone around you already knows you are Crazy... ?
Disclaimer - I only read 3 pages, and that many years ago. I've had more exposure to the accent since then and possibly would find it easier to understand. But MY GODS! it was hard to read......
Ha! You should try reading "How Late It Was, How Late", by James Kelman.
That's pure Glaswegian, has the word "f*ck" once or twice in most sentences, and even for a "native" like me, was hard going at times...
Can't remember anything else about it...
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Hmm.. sounds like I'll definitely have to cast my eyes over a page or two - or get a "native" to read it out for me!
Put it this way - when it came to dancing in some of the Scottish venues, I had to work on faith a lot. ie a strange man would come up, say something incomprehensible, put out his hand and smile. And I'd take the hand and say "great!" or something like.
....COUNTING on the odds that they were asking me to dance.
However it's equally possibly they could have been saying "What you say we blow this popsicle stand, toots, my Harley's outside" and I was just nodding like an idiot
Hang on...this is coming from a country where most vowels get 'streangld it burth'...?
I read this before Xmas too - really enjoyed it.Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown
I managed to find time to read this last week wilst suffering with a nasty bug
It was very difficault to put down - some similarities to the Da Vinci Code, but the interesting twists kept me hooked!
Makes me want to visit Rome!
Gonna read the Da Vinci Code next I think
After laughing at the nonsense that was the Da Vinci Code and on the anti-recommendation of a friend, I am currently reading Dan Browns "Digital Fortress". It is hilarious, I'd recommend it to all IT people if they want a laugh.
If you thought the characters and the situations in the Da Vince Code were bad, wait till you get a load of this.
You're so right DS. I've read both and couldn't put them down – I had to read on to see just how bad it was going to get.
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
I’m not fussy can she dance
Its a fictional book kermit.
Can highly recommend "Surviving with Wolves" by Misha Defonseca
It's her true story, and on the flycover:
"Misha Defonseca was only 7 years old when her Jewish parents were taken by the Nazis. To keep her safe she was given a new name and a new home with strangers, but no one would tell her what had happened to her mother and father, only that they had been sent East. Desperate to find them, she set out on a journey that would take her all over Europe. An extraordinary first-person account of wartime courage and determination."
It's hard to believe what this girl went through to try and find her parents and it's a wonder that she survived. I think "mind over matter" definitely worked for her in her situation.
(I cried at the end)
I would recommend 'Buddah Da' which is written in Glaswegian also, though with far fewer sweary words. A great wee story of a family man who 'finds' Buddhism (sp?), and the concequences on his wife and teenage child. Told from each person's perspective it weaves a humourous and sometimes tough tale with an honesty that warms the heart. I loved it, and was really sad to finish it. Go on, give it a go!
lx
(Piglet - I cried in the middle of this book!
I've just finished "The National Army Museum Book of the Turkish Front 1914-18".
It wasn't the easiest book to read, but I stuck with it because my great-grandfather fought and died in the Middle East during the First World War. We knew where and when he died but not the circumstances. The book contained an account of the battle (First Battle of Gaza) where he died.
Was hoping to catch you tonight to see if you'd brought it along with you, but you weren't there!I would recommend 'Buddah Da' ... Go on, give it a go!
Maybe see you Saturday.
(On-topic bit... I haven't read anything recently... Been too busy writing! Better get back to my blog!)
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
I am reading 'The Celestine Prophesy' again, only cuz its such a fascinating book that you need all your concentration to read it and i felt it deserved another read.
I have just finished Apartment 3b By Patricia Scanlan. It didnt end the way i wanted it to, if anyone has read this book please tell me and possibly give me your oppinion on why it ended like it did. It is a silly Chick Lit but i still felt quite peeved with the ending.
Have you read The Tenth Insight yet?
No but i have bought it and i wanted to read TCP again before reading the 10th so i could get all the stuff i may need out of it before i move on
Look its me posting on here!
I am reading! (not the chat magazine, take a break, pizza hut menu but a proper book.
Its called 'We need to talk about Kevin' by Lionel Shriver. Cant really comment about it yet as I have only read a few pages. Give me year or so and i will post my thoughts on it.
And i'm reading 'Horse care and Riding' by Susan McBane. It's full of information from buying a horse to illnessess even horses in labourI have even learnt how to do a 'quick release' knot.
its 4am and i'ave just finished it
Just finished 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden (not seen the film) and 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole before that, two wonderful books.
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