Re: Idoru
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 8, 2002, 18:43 |
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William Annis wrote:
> >From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
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> > If "idoru" isn't some version of "idol" (which my brain sorts as /ido:l/
> > however you anglophones may mangle it), then what does it mean?
>
> Well, Gibson knows nothing about computers, but doesn't let
>that stop him from writing about them. Perhaps he takes the same
>approach to Japanese, and Idoru is his spelling of 'aidoru.'
That'd mean he knows enough to know what an "aidoru" is, but not how to
spell it. Sounds slightly unlikely to me.
Andreas
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