OOOOkay...

So what's all this about IQ and frogspawn going metric??!!

And while you're at it what in cat's hell do you mean by:

But being rated or fated or sated -- all things that might plausibly happen to a person -- don't sound too awful. But *misunderestimated* - I think it was coined by a former US president back in the pre-Obama days - never, never.

Well, it's come to the right place.

so many questions --- breton wd be proud --

Well that warmed the heart, I can tell you.

What a beautiful EMU you sent me, and well worth the wait.

I admire your life long dedication to quality over quantity.

To honesty over lies.

Also, it's a beautiful, beautiful piece of writing.

Very focused and trenchant.

heh- Ok I'm still forumlating my EMU reply to you-

But I'm so curious about something I want to ask you about it right away.

Ok- just where, exactly, are you getting your information about the Korean language?

Reason I'm so curious is that your versions of Korean have not been "wrong"- but they *have* been HILARIOUS from a contemporary Korean's perspective.

I tried out your "Korean good bye" with a few friends at work today and they burst into laughter.

Ok here's the "inside scoop"-

What you typed is correct- it's an ultra formal way of saying goodbye.

ABOUT 300 YEARS AGO MAYBE!!

HAHAHAAH

OK I'm not laughing AT you- but I am laughing near you. Because I'm genuinely curious where you are getting your information.

Ok- you are an older man in relation to me, who is a younger woman in relation to you.

What that means is that if I say good bye to YOU, I must use the formal expression, or it would be a GRAVE INSULT.

(no kidding- they still take that kind of thing seriously over here).

But, since I am doubly inferior to you in social caste (younger AND a woman), when you say good bye to ME, you must use the informal "an-yeong." This is how big a deal these protocol issues are over here.

If you used the formal "good bye" to me, this would be a social faux-pas equivalent to, say, "Mooning me" in Western culture.

Because using the formal "good bye" to me would be seen as a vicious form of social mockery.

In Korea, that is.

Informally, hello and goodbye are both "an-yeong."

But more- the current formal expression for saying good bye to your "betters" is:

"Aneh yi Kes sayo".

The phrase you used is practically Medieval.

So- do you have a 300 year old Korean-English dictionary?

Or a 300 year old Korean friend?

Both possibilities, of course, would be fascinating almost beyond comprehension.

Ok then. I know how interested you are in languages and "words."

I think this is very healthy, if only that it distracts you somewhat from your "calculations"....

"A little to the west, I think..."

From some old tome, I ween. I shall write a missive of complaint to the bookmonger forthwith.

Gadzooks.

But turnaround's fair play. Every single English Grammar book in the country is full of HOWLING MISTAKES.

Drop by my forum- I left a message for you and some other old friends.

How does the limerick go? I know 'dirty limericks' are supposedly banned here, but I'm going by the letter of the law and assuming that applies to an outbreak, not to a solo example.

There was a young fellow named Hector
Who made love to a launcher erector
The squishes and plops
Of acute pressure drops
Wrecked Hector's hydraulic connector.

Thanks to you, I believe I will be held <not guilty> on all counts.

Speaking of <fawns>, I just added the only <fawn pawn> game to "my" games collection that *I* actually found myself.

It's the last game in the collection.

The <fawn pawn> turns out to be TOTALLY USELESS against the famous defence of <Tigran Petrosian>, in one of his most brilliant games v. <Hort>, in which he sacrifices a Rook for a Knight and instantly owns the position.

White barely has a single good move after that.

The <fawn pawn> just sits there like a physics sophomore at a Kegger until White resigns.

I thought this would be useful information for a games collection devoted to the Power of the Fawn Pawn.

A "Kegger" is a "Beer Keg Party" full of overprivileged good looking university dolts living away from home for the first time in their lives.

I attended many, though I certainly couldn't "vouch" for them in any way.

Here is the game in question- Well worth a look. Even a close look.

I've spent hours with it since I came home from work.

<Petrosian> plays an "old" variation of the <Shouldn't actually be called the Winawer as you pointed out> WINAWER and springs a nasty surprise on <Hort>.

Actually it belongs in here anyway, as a "Froggic" masterpiece.

You may well already know this game.

That better not be what it sounds like it is.

Actually, where did they go?