[ebooktalk] Re: amusing mistakes
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:10:48 +0100
some of you may remember that when I read Sisterland earlier in the year my
enjoyment was only partly hampered by the insistence of the voice on my
Plextalk player referring to the Narrator's sister, who's name was Vi as six,
reading the letters as roman numerals. Another one I've had lately was in a
book on my iPhone Kindle app where much of the action was set in fort
Lauderdale, Florida. The place name was written as F t Lauderdale causing
Daniel to call it Featuring §. Neither of these, however, surpasses the Wizard
of Ounces.
On 25 Oct 2013, at 10:10, Elaine Harris (Rivendell) wrote:
> Oh, I love "The Wizard of ounces".
>
> I wonder if Tartt is an assumed name. The extra T added for effect or to
> ward of coarse comments.
>
> I used to refer to someone using the letter M twice, just as you would say
> A.A., but write it without the fullstops. The computer would to call him
> millimetres.
>
> The only name I can come up with using so many repeated letter is
> Woolloomooloo in Sydney. Pretty sure that is how it is spelt. Only the last
> syllable is pronounced like a double O, to rhyme with moo.
>
> Elaine
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of David Russelll
> Sent: Friday, 25 October 2013 6:58 PM
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] amusing mistakes
>
> Hi
>
> I think we have touched on this before when we talked about braille signs,
> but, I was amused yesterday when my Victor Stream wrongly translated a line
> from the new Donna Tartt book where she apparently referred to
>
> "the wizard of ounces".
>
> I have also been pondering on the name Donna Tartt. I wonder how many names
> of five letters have three letter ts in them? I did think of one other name
> with a much repeated letter, and that is yoko Ono.
>
> Can anyone think of any others, or am I just a very sad person?
>
>
> David
>
>
>
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