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doubleshuffle · 03-10-2020, 12:38 PM

I'm preparing a book by German writer Klaus Mann. The book is in German, but the protagonist ends up in L.A. in the 1920s where he hopes for a break as a film actor. Things aren't going so well though, and he is forced to pawn his watch.

Which leads us to my little problem: In Mann's book, he goes to a "Goan-office". Obviously a typo for loan office I thought (still think, actually), but the spelling turns up twice, and so I want to make sure about the existence of "goan offices"...

I've drawn blanks in the OED and on the Internet, but MRers can't be beat, so I thought I'd ask here as well.

03-10-2020, 12:38 PM	#1
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Help with English please I'm preparing a book by German writer Klaus Mann. The book is in German, but the protagonist ends up in L.A. in the 1920s where he hopes for a break as a film actor. Things aren't going so well though, and he is forced to pawn his watch. Which leads us to my little problem: In Mann's book, he goes to a "Goan-office". Obviously a typo for loan office I thought (still think, actually), but the spelling turns up twice, and so I want to make sure about the existence of "goan offices"... I've drawn blanks in the OED and on the Internet, but MRers can't be beat, so I thought I'd ask here as well.