Comments on: A Letter from Mumbai

By: DouglasG

DouglasG — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:31:08 +0000

I personally prefer “earie” as in, “Them elephants sure are earie.”

By: noodleman

noodleman — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:14:02 +0000

Lake Eery.

The Eery Canal.

In Australia, they say “Where’s my mate? Oh, eery is. Sheila, go grab ‘em a Kanga.”

By: sandburg

sandburg — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:37:59 +0000

I prefer “eerie.” Looks more eerie.

By: jane

jane — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:45:14 +0000

Where’s SpellsGood when you need him or her?

By: Tom Bartel

Tom Bartel — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:24:29 +0000

ee·rie
Variant(s):
also ee·ry

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:32:44 +0000

“Eerie.”

By: Tom Bartel

Tom Bartel — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:27:37 +0000

I seem to recall a similar warning sometime around August 2001.

By: noodleman

noodleman — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:24:46 +0000

Apparently, our very own NSA got wind of something happening in Mumbai as far back as September and passed the intel along to the Indian government (whose RAW unit also caught wind of something as early as late August) ... but it didn't make it on down to the local Mumbai security authorities:

US intelligence warned India of Mumbai attack in mid-October