sat., 1 mar., 2014: academy awards weekend soubriquets, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

GREEK:  Ζορμπά — Zorbas ‡

ITALIAN:  Se questo e’ il nuovo libro di Umberto Eco, aspettero’ il film e saltero’ anche quello.  ‡‡

    ‡  )  “Zorba” /  “Zorbas” — to call a Greek “Zorba” (in ref. to either the Kazantzakis novel or the attendant movie featuring the eponymous scoundrel, philosopher-king & bullshit artiste Αλέξης Ζορμπάς — Alexix Zorbás) is perhaps not the most flattering of soubriquets (probably okay for a relative or  friend — though these days a Greek would probably look at you a few seconds, & as the reference sunk in they might give you a “whatever-the-fuck” shrug)  ;

   ‡‡  ) “If that's the latest Umberto Eco book, I'll wait for the movie & skip that, too.” 

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