tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post3362022769970554212..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: arghHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-37904010866080145762011-08-02T22:03:15.948+00:002011-08-02T22:03:15.948+00:00Thank you for answering. I wonder if you can speak...Thank you for answering. I wonder if you can speak Russian? There is a word пошлость which can be roughly translated as 'banality' but this is not what it really means. The thing is that it perfectly describes all that is wrong with Liberace and Lord Leighton and others like them. But may be you do know Russian and this word is familiar to you as well. Just thought you may be interested. <br />Please excuse my uninvited intrusion into your blog and thank you once again for the book.Снаркhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925146730609909302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-15916674597864583402011-08-02T10:05:27.720+00:002011-08-02T10:05:27.720+00:00I really did mean that - there was something about...I really did mean that - there was something about the implausibility that seemed right for the character.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-66880690339883452912011-08-02T08:11:57.530+00:002011-08-02T08:11:57.530+00:00Dear Helen,
I am reading Last Samurai right now a...Dear Helen,<br /><br />I am reading Last Samurai right now and enjoing it more than I can say. Thank you very much for it. <br />May I ask a stupid question about one little detail? When you say that Red Devlin was taked hostages in Azerbaijan and than years later escaped and just walked into the British Embassy in Tbilisi - did you really mean that he got from Azerbaijan to Georgia or was it just a mistake? Sorry for being such a bore but I happen to grow up in the Soviet Union and all this funny countries like Azerbaijan, Georgia, Tadzhikistan etc. etc. are not just names for me.<br /><br />Thank you once again for tremendous pleasure I'm getting while reading the Samurai.Снаркhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925146730609909302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-19274104775394368902011-07-22T14:12:27.346+01:002011-07-22T14:12:27.346+01:00Actually I take that back. Phi seems to correspond...Actually I take that back. Phi seems to correspond to nu in the original. Probably other correlations, though some bits seem to have dropped out.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-35047886215840526782011-07-22T13:41:04.236+01:002011-07-22T13:41:04.236+01:00I know. On second thought, it can't just have...I know. On second thought, it can't just have been a file that didn't transfer properly, because letters don't have substitutions that are wrong in the same places. Maybe their typesetter was taking revenge for some slight. (Though you'd still think a proofreader would have spotted the difference between the original and what's on the page.)Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-77334216959341467362011-07-22T13:27:07.857+01:002011-07-22T13:27:07.857+01:00Οἴμοι!Οἴμοι!languagehathttp://languagehat.comnoreply@blogger.com