h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hello Skankyrich,

I'm really losing my touch...got your name wrong again...my apologies for that! I tend to think of the phrase 'stinking rich!', which is often used in the UK. And you may be, at that!

Thanks for your tip. I did know that one could remove a posting in the way you advise; I just thought that there was a different method used for the removal of items that are likely to be re-submitted for consideration.

I shall attempt to revise the piece over the next few weeks.

Thank you for your interest in my work, much appreciated.


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You can just stick to 'Rich' if it's easier

Just a thought that it may be worth submitting to the Edited Guide Writing Workshop when you feel you have time to work on it. You could get a few good pointers before you put it back in PR that way

Hope to see this back soon!

Thanks Skanky! Rich!

By the way, there was no insult intended in the 'stinking rich' comment.
In the Concise Oxford Dictionary both 'filthy rich' and 'stinking rich' are described as being used (in Britain at least) as meaning 'extremely rich'. You know, like Bill Gates, or Richard Branson!

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Just for information, from merriam webster:
Main Entry: skanky
Pronunciation: 'ska[ng]-kE
Function: adjective
Etymology: origin unknown
1 slang : repugnantly filthy or squalid
2 slang : of low or sleazy character

That's right, guys, that's where it comes from! I used to hitchhike everywhere and after a certain period both of Kelli's definitions fitted We had two other meanings - skanking was a particular way of dancing, usually accompanied by 'herbal' cigarettes, and your skank was the accumulated dirt when one couldn't get near a proper wash. As in, 'man, we need to get dropped at a service station soon, my armpits are full of three days of skank'. Hideous I know, and don't ask me why it stuck, but it did!

so in fact, 'stinking rich' is not only appropriate, but shows a degree of insight you can be proud of

Hi fatkelli, Merriam Webster (You related to the American dictionary publishing family?)

Thanks for your input! That's even more skanky than the 'insult' I unavoidably delivered to Rich!

You might well whistle and egress the scene nonchalantly!


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