GR translation: jingling his gastric jewelry

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, János.  That makes sense.

Mike


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:33 PM, János Széky <miksaapja at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is simply what you read there: "a gold benzene ring with a formée cross
> in the center—the IG Farben Award for Meritorious Contributions to
> Synthetics Research". Hung on a chain over his stomach, I guess.
>
> Janos
>
>
> 2013/1/2 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>
>> P244.7-14  Bounce stares at him, jingling his gastric jewelry, not
>> knowing what to make of Slothrop, exactly.
>> “I mean,” Slothrop now working himself into a fuss over something that
>> only disturbs him, dimly, nothing to kick up a row over, is it? “doesn’t it
>> strike you as just a bit odd, you Shell chaps working on your liquid engine
>> your side of the Channel you know, and their chaps firing their bloody
>> things at you with your own . . . blasted . . . Shell transmitter tower,
>> you see.”
>>
>> What exactly is his "gastric jewelry"?  Or does this mean something else
>> entirely?
>>
>
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