Thanks. The word is new to me. Our "bullshit", I take it. Explains a lot.
On 6/29/15, Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wordbull was a short-lived energy drink used by the mid 20th century------------------------------------------------------------------
intelligentsia, until it was found to cause inarticulate, droll, hurried
prose!
On Jun 27, 2015 10:42 PM, "Mike Geary" <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I'm lost as to what "in flying wordbull" means or connotes. Help.
On 6/26/15, Richard Henninge <RichardHenninge@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Paul Celan's------------------------------------------------------------------
BAKEN-
sammler, nächtlings,
die Hucke voll,
am Fingerende den Leitstrahl,
für ihn, den einen an-
fliegenden
Wortstier.
Baken-
meister.
BEACON-
gatherer, nightlong,
his back bowed full,
at his fingertip the guidebeam,
for him, the one in-
flying
wordbull.
Beacon-
master.
Richard Henninge, trans.
University of Mainz
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