tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5515219756356791597..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Faulkner's example of a party gyleRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-1722844573313032692010-05-10T01:19:42.439-07:002010-05-10T01:19:42.439-07:00Well, vugger me.
Lesvians it is, then.Well, vugger me.<br />Lesvians it is, then.StuartPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748038209546648459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-52030474295227954012010-05-07T09:39:36.854-07:002010-05-07T09:39:36.854-07:00StuartP - the letter 'b' is pronounced ...StuartP - the letter 'b' is pronounced 'v' in modern Greek, so the proper pronunciation/transliteration in English of the island that in Greek is Λέσβος is Lesvos. There IS no single letter pronounced 'b', as such, in modern Greek; where necessary they use a combination of 'm' and 'p', so the modern word for 'beer' is spelt, in the Greek alphabet, μπίρα, 'mpeera'.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-90942131929046577372010-05-06T11:21:18.705-07:002010-05-06T11:21:18.705-07:00Martin, is that a fashionable new spelling of Lesb...Martin, is that a fashionable new spelling of Lesbos? <br />Do people now speak of Lesvians?StuartPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748038209546648459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-55525276615957820452010-05-06T11:16:17.730-07:002010-05-06T11:16:17.730-07:00I just can't wait for 'Party!' to come...I just can't wait for 'Party!' to come out on sale. Just imagine what a signed copy would be worth...StuartPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748038209546648459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-53004887691944580352010-05-06T09:02:55.962-07:002010-05-06T09:02:55.962-07:00Can we have that "Bonks's"* Imperial...Can we have that "Bonks's"* Imperial Mild label as one of the T-shirt choices in the Zazzle panel, ta. I fancy wearing that on the beaches of Lesvos this August.<br /><br /><br />*For Americans - Wolverhampton/Black Country pronunciation of Banks'sMartyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com