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Re: Two meanings

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Saturday, November 8, 2003, 14:23
Tristan McLeay wrote at 2003-11-08 09:16:37 (-0500)
 > On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Tim May wrote:
 >
 > > I can't find _Pierre Menard..._ online either, but you can read _Tlön,
 > > Uqbar, Orbis Tertius_ if you haven't already:
 > > http://www.its.caltech.edu/~boozer/etexts/tlon.html
 >
 > Thanks. Though should '"The moon rose above the river" is _hlor u fang
 > axaxaxas mlo_, or literally: "upward behind the onstreaming it mooned."'
 > actually be '... _axaxaxas mlö_ ...'? Or is it an intentional or
 > unintentional inconsistency? Or did the copy of 'The Library of Babel'
 > that I read have it wrong?
 >
 > --
 > Tristan.
 >
Just a minute, I'll check in the print version...  Yes, it should be
_mlö_ (and, for what it's worth, _hlör_).