Ah! and on a separate note – only just noticed how pissy Erwin gets when Pfirsch uses the SS rank title and not the army one.
I don’t know any German but compared with plain Army ranks, those SS ranks sound like teenage boy fantasy names for Someone Really Manly. No wonder Winzig dug them.
No, they’re GERMAN names, to replace Frenchy things like “Major” and “Leutnant.” What is it the Irish say about not trusting anybody who doesn’t like cats? Don’t trust anybody who despises the French.
tha poisonous little snake? My only regret is that he got blood on all those pretty silks.
(excellent actor, and very meaty part too)
And a great death. An actor couldn’t ask for more. The only one greater is Lady Kaede, in Ran.
“harmless fops” rule ^_^
they seek him here, they seek him there,
those Jerrys seek him everywhere…
oh that should have been “Tommies” my bad
Everybody’s after him!
Tom and Jerry both… I only just noticed that name combination. Is that the source of the nicknames or is it something else?
I thought it was the drink? Anybody can google that for us?
might be, but my mind says “oh no, hogarth, engravings, georgian London”
Elucidate?
apologies for the late response.
I had the engraver incorrect, Cruikshank, not Hogarth, and also had the era incorrect, Late Georgian, edging into Regency era.
Description at:
http://www.booktryst.com/2012/02/life-in-paris-with-george-cruikshank.html
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Ah! and on a separate note – only just noticed how pissy Erwin gets when Pfirsch uses the SS rank title and not the army one.
I don’t know any German but compared with plain Army ranks, those SS ranks sound like teenage boy fantasy names for Someone Really Manly. No wonder Winzig dug them.
No, they’re GERMAN names, to replace Frenchy things like “Major” and “Leutnant.” What is it the Irish say about not trusting anybody who doesn’t like cats? Don’t trust anybody who despises the French.