[lbo-talk] Volga roadtrip

John Adams jadams01 at sprynet.com
Tue Jan 29 19:28:16 PST 2008


On Jan 29, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Chris Doss wrote:


> I've never been to Nizhny, but if it's a typical
> industrial suburb, "sprightly" and "colorful" are not
> the words to describe it. "Grim" is probably too much.
> But the writer is using loose, colorful
> travel-journalism language. Haven't you ever noticed
> that whenever a British journalist describes a foreign
> country, it's always "grim"?

Hey, they always told me "Write what you know". It's good to see other writers take it to heart.

John A



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