Uche thanks I am trying to picture the opposite of Nordic blondes and
heavy-metal umlauts-daunting!!
Cheers Patrick
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Subject: Re: Translation? Adaptation?
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Patrick McManus <
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> Yup Uche I know what you mean(he says) and set it to music those Vikings
> playing Hawaiian ukuleles but I do rather go for those Nordic blondes and
> heavy Nordic gloom
> And this discussion has set off a protest by a volcano in Iceland
> thankfully
> grounding all the aircraft over Raynes Park -wonderful can sit in the
> garden
> in peace without noise and thousands of tons of aircraft overhead
> Cheers P the non academic
>
Hah! You know, when I heard of the volcanic eructation, I had a fleeting
thought "now where was it I was discussing Iceland lately?" but it didn't
come to me until you mentioned it.
I suppose it is in European-derived aesthetics (assuming you are Euro) to go
for Nordic blondes and heavy-metal umlauts. I may tend to the opposite, but
I'm cool with that. Maybe one day someone will re-cast _The Palm Wine
Drinkard_ as a Scandic Saga.
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