Really, they're talking Liaden

[rolanni]

So, I'm noodling along through Scout's Progress, though not nearly as quickly as I had hoped today because the day-job wanted me to, like, work -- what's with that, exactly? -- and! I find a section where Daav and Er Thom are walking in the garden, talking, and there is a word -- a foreign word! -- properly italicized in their conversation.

What word? you ask breathlessly.

Moxie.




I'm for the couch, red pen, paperclips and galleys in hand.

Comments

isn't moxie yiddish? (the noun not the soda)

[(Anonymous)]

The soda - I only tried one can - was, um, interesting. Kinda sasparella-like, kinda ginger-ale-like...not that sweet as I recall. It probably would have grown on me with usage.

Yiddish is the source of so many interesting words.
My favorite is the one about the not-very-bright-individual. I first heard it when someone was talking about a woodpecker trying to peck a light post. Yes, this was Pikesville, a very Jewish portion of town.
Like Methusellah - um, meshugana? MAybe?
Lauretta@ConstellationBooks

Re: isn't moxie yiddish? (the noun not the soda)

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Might be. I know so many Yiddish words that I didn't know were Yiddish, due to an...interesting up-bringing. It is kind of...odd how many people's first take on this is the soda. I never heard of Moxie-the-soda until I moved to Maine.

Like Methusellah - um, meshugana? MAybe?

Meshugas -- crazy like your Uncle Phil.