07-22-2014, 08:09 AM | #526 |
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Please. Personally, I'd never have read, for example, Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks (now one of my favourite novels) if it weren't for the MR library-upload by brucewelch (unfortunately Mann's works had to be taken down because of life+70).
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07-22-2014, 08:24 AM | #527 |
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Going back a little bit to what this thread has shown me, I've had a look at some of the MR versions of PG-origin Zane Grey books (yes, there are still people who read them), and I've noticed that the tilde is universally missing from mañana and cañon - and there may be other Spanish words also missing the ñ.
It's an easy correction to make and I'm quite happy to do it myself, but I don't want to offend the original uploader - crich70 - by muscling in and posting my own versions with such small changes. What's the best way to go about this? Is it to send the revised files to crich70 so he can replace his original version? Of course, at the same time I'll naturally want to change sentences like ' "Kate, you let Duane make love to Jennie?" queried Bland, incredulously.' to the (surely much more acceptable) ' "Kate, you let Duane talk sweet nothings to Jennie?" queried Bland, incredulously.', so as not to mislead modern youth about what has been going on. I'm sure if Zane Grey had been living in the 21st century it's exactly what he'd have written. |
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Well, I'm not the one acting like a kindergartener. The moderators say they've been deleting posts because of insults. None of my posts have been deleted; I'm not the one throwing sand in the sandbox.
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Wow, how exciting things have been early this morning.
@Araucaria, if we have learned nothing else from this thread, at least we should put a notice to the effect that that has been done. PM the corrections to crich70, or just post it to the thread. Either way, I am sure he will get it and be happy to use your fixes. Last edited by eschwartz; 07-22-2014 at 09:31 AM. |
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I am afraid we haven't deserved anything better for posting in this thread at all. Thanks, mods, for your great sensitivity.
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