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Comment on Pratchett, Terry. Snuff. by schabernacker

schabernacker — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:38:03 +0000

I know it has been over a year for the question. In medieval times there was a moneypouch which was called “cat”, “Katze” in German. It simply was a “Geldkatze”, “money cat” maybe Terry has read about it and coined the phrase. But that is just a more or less educated guess.

Comment on Smith, Jennifer E. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. by N

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:18:07 +0000

I would love for that to be me

Comment on Bellos, David. Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything. by reviewsmith

reviewsmith — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:57:30 +0000

This sounded a little odd to me, too, but Belos is the professional so I took his word for it. I don’t remember what his explanation was in detail, but you ought to be able to locate the book easily enough. Assuming you’re in the U.S., try Inter-Library Loan through your local library. They can find very nearly anything.

Comment on Bellos, David. Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything. by Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:51:06 +0000

Can I ask on what basis you say “translators hardly ever work from a “foreign” language back to their native tongue”? I’ve been doing quite a bit of translating recently — and my main selling point is that I’m a native speaker, so my text will be better than from any non-native speaker!

Comment on Pratchett, Terry. Dodger. by jackconner

jackconner — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:57:10 +0000

Reblogged this on jackconner and commented: I've been looking forward to this one, too, but now that it's here I can't let myself read it for one simple fact: embarrassing as this is, I've never read Dickens's "Oliver Twist". We never read it in school, and though I've read some DIckens books as an adult on my own (David Copperfield and Great Expectations), I haven't gotten around to that one yet. And I like to read books that other books are based on first, if I can. That said, I've been looking for a used paperback of it for months, and as soon as I find one in decent condition I will devour it. I really enjoyed Great Expectations.

Comment on Pym, Barbara. An Unsuitable Attachment. by steugenelibrary

steugenelibrary — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:07:03 +0000

I love Barbara Pym.

Comment on MacDonald, John D. The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything. by fitzythird

fitzythird — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:37:58 +0000

I’m sold…will look for it today. Love all his stuff. I credit him with the antihero flawed detective genre we see so much of today. Thanks for posting this.

Fitzy

Comment on Holt, Anne. 1222. by Dina

Dina — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:28:59 +0000

Thank you for this post on my fellow countrywoman!
I love the books from Anne Holt, I have read all of them and I certainly get your point about about starting at the beginning. It beats me why they haven’t done so.
Greetings from the far North
Dina

Comment on Hitchings, Henry. Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson’s Dictionary. by The Secret Life of Words | My Mind Bursts

The Secret Life of Words | My Mind Bursts — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:43:43 +0000

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Comment on Bujold, Lois McMaster. Brothers in Arms. by Redhead

Redhead — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:41:51 +0000

I just the other day finished Cordelia’s Honor. Chronologically, I did start at the beginning. . . which means I’ll get to this one eventually!