Comments on: Stephen Leather, Bangkok’s Most Immortal Expat Writer http://absolutelybangkok.com/stephen-leather-bangkoks-most-immortal-expat-writer/ Welcome to Bangkok Thailand, Airport, Politics, Food, Nightlife and Thai Culture of the Big Mango! Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Booth http://absolutelybangkok.com/stephen-leather-bangkoks-most-immortal-expat-writer/#comment-4356 Paul Booth Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:47:55 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=500#comment-4356 Stephen Leather always seems very modest about his achievements. I see his books in supermarkets and he has a whole shelf in some book shops. His audience is more global than the other Bangkok writers and I would imagine he is considerably richer. How wonder how rich he is? Stephen Leather always seems very modest about his achievements. I see his books in supermarkets and he has a whole shelf in some book shops. His audience is more global than the other Bangkok writers and I would imagine he is considerably richer. How wonder how rich he is?

]]> By: BangkokDan http://absolutelybangkok.com/stephen-leather-bangkoks-most-immortal-expat-writer/#comment-585 BangkokDan Sun, 04 May 2008 03:46:19 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=500#comment-585 Noted, but "most" implies a negation of "immortal." It's "to a greater extent immortal," - read as "not more than mortal." Immortal in itself is an absolute term, the adverb "more" rendering it "less absolute." <a href="mailto:absolutelyBangkok@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">BangkokDan</a> Noted, but “most” implies a negation of “immortal.”

It’s “to a greater extent immortal,” – read as “not more than mortal.”

Immortal in itself is an absolute term, the adverb “more” rendering it “less absolute.”

BangkokDan

]]> By: atmcharlie http://absolutelybangkok.com/stephen-leather-bangkoks-most-immortal-expat-writer/#comment-584 atmcharlie Sun, 04 May 2008 03:34:19 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=500#comment-584 You cannot be most immortal. Not in English anyway. Ask Stephen. You cannot be most immortal. Not in English anyway.
Ask Stephen.

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