[SamAdams76]

It has always been hard for me to read books by authors whose names are hard to pronounce (which is why I'm such a fan of Dickens, London and Twain) but I was half-forced to read one of his books by a fellow Freeper who ran a short-lived book club.

I ended up liking the book and began exploring books by authors who also had names that were hard to pronounce.

But seriously, I think a big part of Russia's problem is that they have too many words that are hard to spell so people just throw up their hands and drink vodka instead, while allowing the government to run things for them (and run them badly).

Thank goodness for the English language and words that are mostly easy to pronounce and spell. That is why we are the superior culture, though admittedly we do have to work on that greed, pornography and the denial of spiritual values thing.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"Thank goodness for the English language and words that are mostly easy to pronounce and spell."

Sometimes I think things are starting to get double-plus-ungood around here.

[Pelham]

Then you really would have enjoyed Bill Buckley’s old pal Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn.