Bouchercon 2011: My first highlight
Sometimes it's not just
what's said, it's who says it:
what's said, it's who says it:
"This is Peter ... Rokofsky? I have so much trouble with that name."
-- Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Labels: Bouchercon 2011, conventions, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 1:24 AM
16 Comments:
Very good, Peter.
Hilarious.
Wonderful!
Did you ever hear Peter Ustinov talking about going through Russian immigration?
Sm...Smi...Smit....wait in line, Ustinov waved straight through.
Gold, sir. Pure gold.
* guffaws* Brilliant!
This is why you're The Man, Peter. I'm not even there and I got a Bouchercon laugh before the conference officially starts.
Peter Ustinov was incredibly funny. Such a loss. Thanks for reminding me.
Thanks, ladies and gents. My only apprehension is that the moment was too perfect, that when I'm dining out on this story in my dotage, no one will believe it really happen. But it did. Trust me. I was there.
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir on names:
http://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/2011/09/bouchercon-hiatus-whats-in-name.html#comments
One problem is that it actually reaches its perfect form in print.
Dana, I thought you were coming this year.
Liz, she's right. How does one provide an accurate phonetic transcription for readers of English when, for example, th can signal two different sounds? But two years ago, one of my informants did, indeed, provide an English transcription of "Sigurðardóttir."
Liz: I attended a panel today that consisted of all the members of that blog except Dan Waddell.
aWell, Seana, the original had thew advantage of spontaneous perfection.
Peter, I've read all of Jeff Siger's books, but none of the others yet. I'd like to know you thought.
Liz, Jeffery Siger is the one of the bunch whom I haven't read. I did meet him yesterday, so he's a definite candidate for the to-read list.
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