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Re: Off Topic: Fwd: Nostradamus Prediction]

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Friday, December 22, 2000, 9:44
--- D Tse <pandorat@...> wrote:

> I can't remember the actual page but I was *just reading* yesterday > an > article at The Straight Dope (www.straightdope.com) regarding how > much > individual translators' versions of Nostradamus' original quatrains > in > French have been twisted and maneuvered for dramatic effect. Part of > the > article mentioned things such as one version leaving out an entire > line, and > two versions, each with the same French word translated into a > different > place name in each version.
From my experience in researching Nostradamus (on the net mostly), I get very "interpretative" translations as a straw man for some conspiracy theory... I'm more impressed with Our Lady of Fatima personally. DaW. ===== Daniel A. Wier Computer Geek Extraordinaire Lufkin, Texas USA ICQ#: 1651462 IRC Nick: LudwigVan on EFNet __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/