Kristina MasonMay 19

"‘I dropped a C-bomb into Tolstoy’: one man’s quest to translate War and Peace into ‘bogan Australian’"

"Melbourne man Ander Louis has translated hundreds of pages of the 19th century classic line by line to include Ford Falcons, wankers and drongos."

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/18/war-and-peace-tolstoy-translate-into-bogan-australian-ander-louis

‘I dropped a C-bomb into Tolstoy’: one man’s quest to translate War and Peace into ‘bogan Australian’

Melbourne man Ander Louis has translated hundreds of pages of the 19th century classic line by line to include Ford Falcons, wankers and drongos

The Guardian
Show threadGenevieve TMay 20
@kristina NOOOOOO
Show threadKristina Mason
@mulberryroad I think it's kind of great. And in a few decades people can look back on how hilariously antiquated the slang is.
May 20 at 10:20amWeb