NP: 1Q84

[Bekah]

Or they could have made the  Qq  look like a ? (question mark)  --    like shade the shape of a ? red inside the big  "q" (my lower case q)     on the cover.   The Qq in the title signifies a question about the year.  

Bekah

On Nov 7, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> 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
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> 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.. 
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> On Nov 7, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:
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> > 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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