tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post110984512922936201..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Eeesh...Jabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1110855972090217842005-03-15T08:36:00.000+05:302005-03-15T08:36:00.000+05:30Sanjay Leela Bhansali has quite mauled that partic...Sanjay Leela Bhansali has quite mauled that particular Bangla exclamation. Now I can't hear it without thinking of that po-faced bimbo.<BR/><BR/>And on an extension of the Thurberian note, how about "my little musquash"? Used in "The Catbird Seat", iirc. And I believe he spelt it "baboU".<BR/><BR/>Here endeth the exercise in semantics.<BR/><BR/>J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1110011655271503472005-03-05T14:04:00.000+05:302005-03-05T14:04:00.000+05:30my sweet baboo..
as you might have seen on the blo...my sweet baboo..<br />as you might have seen on the blog, i am now in bombayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107058036150179873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109942420745527492005-03-04T18:50:00.000+05:302005-03-04T18:50:00.000+05:30Nope, not yet...but is that an offer?Nope, not yet...but is that an offer?Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109939054488780212005-03-04T17:54:00.000+05:302005-03-04T17:54:00.000+05:30Have you been called my sweet baboo yet?Have you been called <I>my sweet baboo</I> yet?Anuraghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081668599890491146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109932589887154642005-03-04T16:06:00.000+05:302005-03-04T16:06:00.000+05:30Remains not your favourite? Hmmm....you must be in...<I>Remains</I> not your favourite? Hmmm....you must be in the <I>Unconsoled</I> camp. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109930620273663182005-03-04T15:33:00.000+05:302005-03-04T15:33:00.000+05:30Remains of the Day isn't my favourite (or even sec...Remains of the Day isn't my favourite (or even second-favourite) Ishiguro so can't quite relate to that. But am around halfway through Never Let Me Go after just one sitting. (Apart from everything else, that's always such a comfort with Ishiguro - knowing it'll take just a couple of days to get through one of his books.)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109930008277764392005-03-04T15:23:00.000+05:302005-03-04T15:23:00.000+05:30Well, I got hold of an uncorrected copy myself (ah...Well, I got hold of an uncorrected copy myself (ahem). Finished it a couple of days ago. Wonderful....and heartbreakingly sad. Not on par with <I> The Remains of the Day</I>, but very special nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109918149612447542005-03-04T12:05:00.000+05:302005-03-04T12:05:00.000+05:30But you're not a journalist, little Basu - you're ...But you're not a journalist, little Basu - you're just a brilliant, brooding, temperamental author (or as they say in the 1960s films "Main writerrr hoon")Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109917564229437392005-03-04T11:56:00.000+05:302005-03-04T11:56:00.000+05:30i refuse to italicize, little blossom.
bite me.i refuse to italicize, little blossom.<br />bite me.shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107058036150179873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109910702645633702005-03-04T10:01:00.000+05:302005-03-04T10:01:00.000+05:30I do know what "EEESH" (or "ISHHH"!) means, love. ...I do know what "EEESH" (or "ISHHH"!) means, love. Surprise. <br />(Quick checklist: have been called "little blossom" and "sparky" in blog comments in the past 10 days alone. What next?)<br /><br />eM: one thinks about it alright, if only because those html tags are so tiresome. But yes, just re-looked at some non-journo blogs and realised what you meant. <br /><br />BTW, laughed out very loud when I saw "ask not for whom the groin flutters Rahul..." on your blog. Sudden mental image of earnest, prim 'n propah Rahul B asking such a question.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109880405878010522005-03-04T01:36:00.000+05:302005-03-04T01:36:00.000+05:30Y'know, was just thinking in my car today.. you ca...Y'know, was just thinking in my car today.. you can always tell a journo's blog by the fact that they italicise book and movie names! :) And you probably don't even think about it either, right?eMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716202062654957842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1109863195908080472005-03-03T20:49:00.000+05:302005-03-03T20:49:00.000+05:30Just FYI...
'EEESH' or 'ISHHH' is the bengali equ...Just FYI...<br /><br />'EEESH' or 'ISHHH' is the bengali equivavlent of like a 'BLECH', sparkyStraight Curveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00049208996765197308noreply@blogger.com