"A trickle of blood ran over his mouth, tasting salty. Or was that sweat? Nichevo. He was operational." (p. 77)
Here is another strange word that I might have passed by. It turns out not only to be famous but even to have an anecdote about Bismarck attached to it. See here.
We never know what we are going to find inside a book by Poul Anderson. Nichevo.
4 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Otto von Bismarck might have been called the Iron Chancellor, but he was actually a bundle of nerves and passions! So I can imagine him picking up "Nichevo" in Russia to remind himself of the need to calm down in moments of high stress and emotion.
Sean
Nichevo is an expression of fatalism -- and Russians have always -needed- to be long on resignation.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Considering the grotesque and gruesome history of Russia, I can see why Russians developed so strong a sense of resignation!
Sean
"...grotesque and gruesome" and those were the good days!
- Keith kh
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