[s-cars] Fw: Brutal Review of the New S6

Bob Frizzell bobfrizzell at shaw.ca
Fri Oct 27 22:20:04 EDT 2006


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Frizzell" <bobfrizzell at shaw.ca>
To: "Igor Kessel" <KBATPO at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Brutal Review of the New S6


> "acid borderline blasphemous metaphors"!!!
> Thanks Igor, I love it!
> Bob
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Igor Kessel" <KBATPO at comcast.net>
> Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Brutal Review of the New S6
>
>
>> lebakken1 at netzero.net wrote:
>>> Mr Douglas dreamed:
>>>
>>>> God I love the British style of writing. I wish we had the balls to 
>>>> write like that.
>>>
>>>> Sean D.
>>>
>>> We would if our magazines weren't so beholden to the corporate 
>>> interests. And we had a better vocabulary. Proper English is quite 
>>> refreshing to read.
>>>
>>> A very interesting way to slam a car - going from "human tripod" to 
>>> faceplant.
>>>
>>> Craig
>>> 94S4
>>
>> Craig,
>> to my unmitigated eye of a foreigner and an outsider it seems that this 
>> rather obvious language difference lies more in the realm of the subdued 
>> cultural tradition heavily influenced by the religiousnesses of the 
>> majority of the population rather than in the scarcity of its vocabulary. 
>> Unlike their American counterparts the Europeans in general are much 
>> bolder in expressions and would employ acid borderline blasphemous 
>> metaphors with little if any hesitation.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Igor Kessel
>> two turbo quattros
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