Born SLIPPY?

In our last episode,
,
the lovely and talented Hanna Burdon
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]Someone on pl.hum.tlumaczenia (a Polish translation newsgroup) is desperate to know what "slippy" means in the title of the Underworld song "Born Slippy". Can anyone help please?[/nq]
"Slippy" is a perfectly ordinary English word meaning "slippery."

As for what it means in

[nq:2]Someone on pl.hum.tlumaczenia (a Polish translation newsgroup) isdesperate to know ... of the Underworld song "Born Slippy". Can anyone help please?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Slippy" is a perfectly ordinary English word meaning "slippery." As for what it means in relation to the song, I believe the lyrics make it abundantly clear.Why don't you share it with me? It's not clear to me.[/nq]
Hanna

In our last episode,
,
the lovely and talented Hanna Burdon
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:2]"Slippy" is a perfectly ordinary English word meaning "slippery." As ... the song, I believe the lyrics make it abundantly clear.[/nq]
[nq:1]Why don't you share it with me? It's not clear to me.[/nq]
What do you guys think? This one seems a little small to me. Do you think I sh

[nq:1]Born Slippy was the name of a greyhound they had seen and/or bet on.That's a good explanation. Was it supposed ... you know where to find me.) They were drunk or hungover or somewhere in between when they wrote the song.[/nq]
Thanks a lot,
Hanna

The worst mistake a translator can commit is to reassure himself by saying, "that's what it says in the original", and renouncing t

[nq:1]Someone on pl.hum.tlumaczenia (a Polish translation newsgroup) is desperate to know what "slippy" means in the title of the Underworld song "Born Slippy". Can anyone help please?[/nq]
This was posted separately to AEU, and someone there dug up a slang definition that fit the bill. I don't remember what it was, but anyone who cares will be able to find it on Google Groups in a few more ho

[nq:1]This was posted separately to AEU, and someone there dug up a slang definition that fit the bill.Yes, I posted ... can mean "quick" in BrE, which explains why the dog was called that. Excellent! Thanks a lot for your help.[/nq]
Hanna

The worst mistake a translator can commit is to reassure himself by saying, "that's what it says in the original", and renouncing the struggle to d

[nq:2]This was posted separately to AEU, and someone there dug up a slang definition that fit the bill.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, I posted to both groups. And rightly so: I have found out here that "Born Slippy" was a greyhound, and then found out on AEU that "slippy" can mean "quick" in BrE, which explains why the dog was called that. Excellent![/nq]
Not rightly so. Had you cross-posted, rather tha

[nq:1]Someone on pl.hum.tlumaczenia (a Polish translation newsgroup) is desperate to know what "slippy" means in the title of the Underworld song "Born Slippy". Can anyone help please?[/nq]
Since your (or the other person's) question has been answered, and I couldn't have answered it anyway, I'll just comment on your sig quote.
[nq:1]Hanna The worst mistake a translator can commit is to re

[nq:1]Not rightly so. Had you cross-posted, rather than individually posting the same question, both groups would have seen all the ... question there. I did not get an answer, so I tried here. I guess I just won't do it again.[/nq]
Thanks again to everybody for their help,
Hanna.

[nq:2]The worst mistake a translator can commit is to reassure ... original", and renouncing the struggle to dohis best. (William Weaver)[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe, but "The worst mistake... is to reassure himself... and renouncing the struggle..." is right up there.[/nq]
Or is it "by saying and renouncing"?
Hanna