On 29 Sep 96, 02:48pm, Irv Koch wrote to David Chessler
on the subject of "LIVING FOREVER":
 DC>> "Khaki," from the Hindi word for dust, refers to a light tan,
 DC>> sometimes called beige or suntan (or in the old Army, "pink"). He
 DC>> meant the dark, somewhat brownish green called "Olive Drab," so
 DC>> that the old fatigue uniforms were called ODs. Clancy is
 >    Clancy was calling them what 99.99% of the troops called them.  I was 
 >    one, tho not Special anything.  ONLY the official designation in some 
 >    manuals called them by their correct color.  Score one for Clancy.
Oh? Could be, of course, but I thought the term OD was in
general use in the 70s and 80s.
Indeed, at least as long ago as the 50s, the song was:
            I wouldn't trade my old ODs
            For all the Navy dungarees,
            Just want to be a dogface soldier like I am.
 DC>> I suspect that nearly every book I read has some errors of this
 DC>> nature. I probably spot them in one book in five, and usually
 DC>> just write a note in the margin and move on. Sometimes they are
 DC>> errors of continuity, such as the author forgetting the weapon
 DC>> a character is using. More often it's something that suggests I
 >    In MOST cases, I agree with you, but sometimes it's either a matter of 
 >    whose "facts" you take.
Yes. Remember Neuromancer? When Gibson wrote that he didn't know
what a modem was. There's some episode that is pretty silly for
that reason. And Neuromancer is considered a classic of its
genre.
Haven't moved yet?
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