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" Is that an Australian-type phrase? "
No, we use it here too.
Anymore, 'go' doesn't necessarily mean motion, travel, direction, process or operation. It means essentially, how did you like it.
What I find humorous is your answer, 'He's dead'. Which may be what confused Geoff. It's a literal response! Since a book is a product of an author
and a book doesn't technically go anywhere, unless someone takes it there... then, the only thing that miht have gone anywhere is the author... and we
all know he is dead... like Bela Lugosi...
what you are getting at...  ... is the very subtle, slippery gaps between
languages .. just the sort of thing that tickles me ... or, more literally, makes the corners of my mouth turn up.
Reminds me of that Marxist joke: "Use the car, but make sure on the way to get gas. And if you can't find that, get ethyl. And if you can't find
Ethel, get Mabel." -Groucho
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Actually I was referring to the lead character of the book, analogous to "how did that joke go?" I answered "How did 1984 go?" with "He's dead". Hope
I didn't spoil it for you...
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Or that!
1984 must have been one of those books that informed me how the world was or could be.
I read it when I was 15, so still very impressionable. A long time ago.
So I sit here thinking about the kind of person it may have helped mold me to be.
Today I feel isolated, knowing enough of history to see what's wrong
but so far from everything that anyone looks at or pays attention to make much difference.
So I have been watching it all fall apart and feel helpless to do much about it.
Yesterday, there was an online book salon that was hosting the author of a new book.
People log on and for a couplehours can chat with the author.
This author was James Risen who broke the story in 2005 for the New York Times
how the US gov was funneling online user data from the backdoor of AT&T.
When I got back online, I wrote a story, in haiku, even put it on the zappa forum
and other places hoping somebody who could do something might figure it out.
Years before Snowden, Risen went through hell to get that info out.
He is still hounded, subpoenaed to this day and still doesn't know how it will turn out.
Along with several others, we all got to ask questions and he answered well.
So, 1984 still causes ripples.
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"How did it go?" is a fairly ordinary everyday English phrase where the questioner is asking how a particular experience was for the questioned. Any
type of experience. Reading, running, sleeping, swimming, any verb/experience you like. It's not a particularly Australian phrase.
Example:
Bonny: I started reading 1984.
... a fortnight passes by ...
Geoff: How did 1984 go?
Bonny: I got bored with it half way through and fed it to my dog.
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Well, this is what got me to read it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzPiW8FtvGQ
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I just got sucked in and watched that whole episode. I don't watch the show often but I always enjoy it when I do. It's so long ago that I tried
reading 1984 that I can't remember whether I finished it or not. The other common one at school at the time was Brave New World and I can't remember
if I finished that either.
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I did read that one and watched the 1984 film at school. I'd bought the book some time ago and read the first page, with the intention to continue but
lacking the energy - English is, after all, my second language and, although at school they were clever enough to teach sayings and idioms (reading
French is much more difficult partly because of this), there's still an enormous gap when it comes to legal terms, jargon, technical terms that aren't
IT etc.
My father was reading a book and stumbled on the phrase"pig iron" on the first page. I know that a pig is a mammal and iron is the chemical element
Fe, but what is pig iron? (we looked it up now, no need to tell us it's ruw ijzer)
So, dictionary doesn't help (even the best ones have their limits) - it's off to Wikipedia. And then you're on the WWW already so you might as well
check your e-mail and your farmville and before you know it it's midnight again. I'm not as susceptible to it, but still to a degree: Ulysses by James
Joyce frequently uses "kip", not in the sense of sleep but with another meaning attached to it. It's distracting because "kip" is the Dutch word for
chicken, and if you don't know the definition of kip all you can think of are chickens when you read that word.
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Came down with a nasty cold, got a temperature.
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Woke up to find I've won a prize with a crossword puzzle. It's a book with 100 iconic Dutch press photos.
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Hope your cold is better. I got good marks for all my courses and we're all just going out to celebrate. Finally I can relax for a little while.
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Better enough for me to hit the town. I got a free roll of peppermint when I tried-tested spinach and garlic creamcheese.
Speaking of Creamcheese, Zappadan has started and the topic is rolling!
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Tried to solve the christmas puzzle of the Dutch CIA and now I have a headache.
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Tried my hand at solving it again and found two more puzzles. Out of 14.
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I'm now at 11 out of 43 of the ciphers. You're allowed to seek help (but for the sake of sportivity don't use puzzle forums or work in teams of more
than 4 people) but I can't think of anyone who could help.
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We arrived in Amsterdam yesterday morning to be greeted by people handing out flyers to warn people of some dangerous cocaine that had already killed
three people. Welcome to Amsterdam!! Anyway, my wife and I ended up having a very enjoyable day there, all the way down to the smallest house in
Amsterdam, which is the width of the front door. Our main activity was a visit to the Van Gogh Museum. It was very interesting to finally see all
those originals painted by my favourite painter.
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You're in Amsterdam? Great!
(Actually it's not cocaine: it's white heroin, but if you're like me you'll bring that flyer as an oddball souvenir)
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Cal's thinking of closing down Unmod... and I must say the lack of activity is not exactly making me feel positive about the Goose either.
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Sorry I've not been around since they shut the cable off at the house.
It's a long sad story I don't want to retell tonight.
Currently at the the cafe downtown.
Saw a bunch of people I used to see regularly.
That's been nice.
It looks like it may be awhile before I get things turned back on again.
I will have to work a bunch and for awhile to get back to something that resembles 'normal' again...
Wish I had better news or at least something mildly interesting.
Hoping next year is better!
Peace and good wishes for all!!
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Sorry to hear about your predicament, Punky... wishing you all the best!
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Clipped my father's toenails today. It's even worse than it sounds. Grody to the max, I'm sure.
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