Sadowa

[cameronian]

Not a clue what you're talking about ... unless you mean Heidrich's (who was Austrian) account of the battle in the Svib, which is not, as I'm sure you have already apprehended, a regimental history ... also there's no 'h' in wittering. Just saying.

[Leman]

Isn't there one in Whittard's though? The inconsistencies of a mongrel language put together by successive waves of immigrants. Ironic really!

[toxicpixie]

We're the soggy bit on the end of the continent where everyone eventually washes up and stops

And then that mongrel breed went off and mugged most of the rest of the world for cuisine and extra language bits (and vast piles of loot), so it's no surprise English is such a terrible kludge of a tongue, and has never stopped changing and evolving

[Ithoriel]

My favourite quote concerning the English Language has to be

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that the English language is as pure as a crib-house whore. It not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary." - James Nicoll

[holdfast]

Noting that Cameronian is uncharacteristically coy about when his translation project might be ready, and presuming that like everything else that side of the border, any setback is blamed on the lack of self-determination, Richard Brown told me yesterday that he has the trial print run in hs hands. He tells me that a few of the pictures need up-pixelling, which has now been done and returned to him. So if you have not yet ordered your copy of Wargaming in History, Volume 12, Koniggratz 1866 from Ken Trotman you may want to do so now.

[cameronian]

Wonderful news and certain that my contribution, i.e. the pre publishing glimpse of Heidrich I allowed you - all those piles of cordwood in chequerboard formation - will be generously acknowledged. Such a pleasure corresponding with you John 

[holdfast]

Quite so. A pile of woodpiles is worth a lot.

[holdfast]

Just finished dealing with the handful of typos we found and have sent them all off. We have now run out of excuses for not producing the book, provided of course that the Printer's shop is not hit by an asteroid.

[toxicpixie]

Wrong of asteroid on the tracks?

Seriously, good luck, looking forward to this to follow up the frontier battles book