£5 stimmt nicht.

andavane · 09-16-2010, 01:20 PM

The thread title shows this short sentence at location 311-312 of The Book Thief; the "£5" doesn't seem to make sense, and I don't have a hard copy for cross-checking. Here for context is the entire paragraph typed up, viz:

"For Liesel Meminger, there was the imprisoned stiffness of movement, and the staggered onslaught of thoughts. £5 stimmt nicht. This isn't happening. This isn't happening.
And the shaking.
Why do they always shake them?"

Perhaps the "£" sign is a misreprentation, or an encoding error? Am I missing something?

HarryT · 09-16-2010, 01:22 PM

I would guess that it should be "es stimmt nicht" - "it's not true". Looks like an OCR error.

spacemonkey · 09-16-2010, 04:27 PM

Did you get that book from Amazon or a more "price efficient" provider?

I've heard some low cost ebook sellers may do pretty rough scanning...

andavane · 09-17-2010, 10:19 AM

I bought it from Amazon.
Excellent value at £2.76.

09-16-2010, 01:20 PM	#1
andavane Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 20 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Device: Kindle Keyboard, + Wifi, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini, Sony PRS-T2	£5 stimmt nicht. The thread title shows this short sentence at location 311-312 of The Book Thief; the "£5" doesn't seem to make sense, and I don't have a hard copy for cross-checking. Here for context is the entire paragraph typed up, viz: "For Liesel Meminger, there was the imprisoned stiffness of movement, and the staggered onslaught of thoughts. £5 stimmt nicht. This isn't happening. This isn't happening. And the shaking. Why do they always shake them?" Perhaps the "£" sign is a misreprentation, or an encoding error? Am I missing something?

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09-16-2010, 01:22 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I would guess that it should be "es stimmt nicht" - "it's not true". Looks like an OCR error.

09-16-2010, 04:27 PM	#3
spacemonkey Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 120 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	Did you get that book from Amazon or a more "price efficient" provider? I've heard some low cost ebook sellers may do pretty rough scanning...

09-17-2010, 10:19 AM	#4
andavane Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 20 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Device: Kindle Keyboard, + Wifi, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini, Sony PRS-T2	I bought it from Amazon. Excellent value at £2.76.

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