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_).