Sfacim

[Henry Musikar]

On 23 Jul 97 at 6:35, Thomas Vieth <whoge at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> sfacim is Neapolitan dialect and translates somewhat as "fucker" or
> so in that direction of semantics. Sfacimento has been translated by
> Pynchon in the very text. I wonder why nobody saw that and why some
> people still cry for a translation! Amazes me!

If you were so amazed, why haven't you asked your friend to translate 
Sfacimento? "Translated by Pynchon?" Pynchon is an inveterate 
fabricator. He's a writer. Fiction, remember?

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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