Fw: NP: 1Q84
Mark Kohut
markekohut at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 7 11:52:09 CST 2011
Bekah----
Yes!....HM shouldda talked to you and the translator.
Mark
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From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Monday, November 7, 2011 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: NP: 1Q84
The narrators (two male, one female - all excellent) of the audio version pronounce it One-Q-Ninety-four. In my correct o, it ought to have been written out as "1q84" so the Qq would actually look like a different sort of 9. Oh well..
On Nov 7, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:
> On 11/7/2011 11:31 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:
>> Reading 1Q84 next to the beach in Montezuma.
>>
>> Thought occurred to me that the character Aomame joins the list of
>> literary female ass-kickers. She has perfected ten different
>> techniques for effectively kicking a man in the balls. DL and she
>> would probably get along.
>>
> I started it but haven't gotten very far yet.
>
> Is the title pronounced Q-teen eighty four?
>
> P
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