V2, Chap 15 (Sahha), I, p 461 - "Mene, mene tekel, upharsin"

[Mark Kohut]

I LOVE this thread.....we should round it all up and
................get it somewhere........................

The synchronicity and universality of "Mene, etc."

Thanks all....


----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 9:17:13 AM
Subject: Re: V2, Chap 15 (Sahha), I, p 461 - "Mene, mene tekel, upharsin"

then there's the Nabokov story set in Berlin, with a character named
Menetek el Upharsin - think he's supposed to be Arabian...

and of course one stuck in compulsive punning mode might come up with
something like "weighed and found wanton"





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