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Originally Posted by galavanter
You started an interesting thread. It has lead to some interesting dialogue.
Others here get my simple point that Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" should remain that. Oprah's a popular talk show host, not a great writer. She shouldn't be part of the title of such a great piece of literature.
But now you accuse me of hate. You are out of line, and I suspect you know it. You have attempted to provoke other participants of this thread with posts that contribute nothing.
My distaste is not for celebrities, it is for those who twist the truth.
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I'm sorry that you misinterpreted my meaning.
I specifically added the second line so that you would understand that I didn't mean you hated someone.
"I suppose that you simply have a great deal of distaste for "celebrities"."
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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
He's just ticked cause no one listened to him when he recommended the Barbie Computer as an ebook reader.
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That was meant as a joke and I don't think that JSWolf took offense.
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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
Are you just griping for pleasure, or do you really want it?
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Both I and crich70 gave alternatives. In spite of Ea's comment about a certain translation being preferable, I see little reason to reject what
may possibly be acceptable translations.
Hopefully you can explain why your particular translation is better. I'm not being facetious. Although I understand that one translation may be better than another, without being able to read it in the original language I literally wouldn't know how bad it may be.
I read The Iliad and The Odyssey about 40 years ago and there is no way, other than learning Greek, that I could really appreciate it fully. But I was glad to have read what I did read.
I recently did something that I find very repulsive. I bought a few DRMed books. And I suspect that my revulsion is much greater than yours.
But if I wanted to read them, I had a choice. Buy them or steal them. While I have no problem with someone downloading an out of print book, I would rather not do so if the book is available. It took me more than a few months to decide to buy them.
Pardon me for misunderstanding your reluctance to buy a book with Oprahs name on the title page. To me the story is more important.