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#72 Thursday 14 December 7:30 am Hi, Sweetie, Sat in on Tel (for Telford - Henry Telford, I guess it is) Mook's English class last night just to see how it was going, since I am to take it 3 nights next week and then be done with all teaching for another month. We have all consolidated into one group, tho I don't know how long it will work what with our attendance of 90-100 yesterday. The weather is extremely damp these days and though there's seldom a day when the sun doesn't come out now and then, it has rained enough for everything to feel damp - clothes, bedclothes, paper, etc. Leather things collect mold overnight and have to be wiped off daily; it doesn't seem to hurt them particularly. The class reminds me of some funny mistake the gooks make, especially those who have studied English before and use it as much as they can - one of them (the priest, I guess it was) brought in a note he had written himself and which he wanted us to put in finished form for him; it was a request for a fresh supply of t.p., and went something like this - “used toilet paper, need some.” And our star pupil [Yamashima?], in translating a bit of occupations allied to the fishing industry, put down one (remember the Japanese HU, which is halfway between hu and fu) as “fish fuck maker.” Last night Zas came out with what I thought was a happy expression, when a fellow officer was trying to fill a small-mouthed gasoline can with water for a jeep radiator, by holding it under a dribbling rain spout - “like trying to piss with a hypodermic needle.” Promise to be more elevating in my letter tonight. I love you Warren
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