Lisey's Story _ help from Italy (again)

[morley]

Hallo my friends, I've just finished this one and I am touched and amazed. I put in in my top three, no doubt about it.

And now I need your help eheh... yes. Would you be so nice to take your Lisey's story copy and look for me for some words?
I read the Italian version and I am pretty curious to know how the original version sounds like.

1) the acronym... CISSICA in my version. And yours? Can you also write the complete words of the acronym for me?
2) the word Scott and Lisey used instead of Fu***d... ? you know what I mean
3) (this one it's not easy at all)... when Lisey take Manda from the clinic (via Boo'ya Moon), she realizes she doesn't have the key of the car. Manda then suggests her to look for them in a kind of magnetical device Scott has taken her once. I'd like to know how Manda calls it (the strange word she uses).
4) How Stephen calls the laughing creatures in the night of Boo'ya Moon?

well I guess it was the last one. I am asking you a great effort this time
thank you in advance to anyone
long days and pleasant nights to you all

morley from Italy

[J.T. Adams]

I'll leave this to the higher intellects of the board morley, but I must say i'm glad to see you post another thread.

(((((peace towards Italy)))))

[Spideyman]

I think your CISSICA is SOWISA to mean Strap On Whenever It Seems Appropriate
The word they used for F*** was SMUCK

I'll need to think about the other two.

[Spideyman]

3) (this one it's not easy at all)... when Lisey take Manda from the clinic (via Boo'ya Moon), she realizes she doesn't have the key of the car. Manda then suggests her to look for them in a kind of magnetical device Scott has taken her once. I'd like to know how Manda calls it (the strange word she uses).

She calls is "magnetic thingamabobby" ( Scott had given her this as a B'day present 5-6 years ago)

[~Ally~]

It's been a while since I've read the book but I will try and help from my recollection of the story.

Ms Spidey has answered your first two queries correctly and I believe the others were:
3) "Thingamabobby"...I use this word often and remember it standing out vividly for me when I read it in that section of the story.
4) "Laughers" is how I think he described the laughing creatures.

Again, I may be wrong since it's been a long time since I've read Lisey's Story, yet I'm sure others here can give you the correct answers.

[J.T. Adams]

[QUOTE=1BachmanKing9;478916]I'll leave this to the higher intellects of the board morley, but I must say i'm glad to see you post another thread.

May I add, those who are feeling less lazy then I as well.

[GNTLGNT]

The girls say true....

[Patricia A]

Looks like Spidey and Ally pretty well covered it.
I can tell you what a thingamabobby is though.
Thingamabobby is one of those words we use to describe things when we can't think of what it's really called.
Thing-a-ma-jig is another one of those words. English is funny/odd hu?

[morley]

Thank you all my friends, hugs to you all from Sardinia, Italy.
I've added your tips as annotations on the relative pages of my "Lisey's story" copy.
Yes, Thingamabobby sounds odd but we in Italy say "cippirimerlo"

But in the end, which is the right acception of "strap on"?
In Italian it could be: fasten with a strap... but also: whip it with a strap.
... what do you think about it?

[Spideyman]

Thank you all my friends, hugs to you all from Sardinia, Italy.
I've added your tips as annotations on the relative pages of my "Lisey's story" copy.
Yes, Thingamabobby sounds odd but we in Italy say "cippirimerlo"

But in the end, which is the right acception of "strap on"?
In Italian it could be: fasten with a strap... but also: whip it with a strap.
... what do you think about it?

Strap on from Strap On When It Seems Appropriate-
strap on means to take charge, to get yourself ready for what might be coming your way.