V. for tomorrow

[Max Nemtsov]

Russian versions vary, and the funniest one dealt with some "Greek 
formula egg-white" or something like that. no raping though, i had to 
invent it. there's no prescription for the mnemonic, it's pretty much 
folk art ))
Mx

On 08.05.2014 1:10, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> I guess most languages must have developed a mnemonic for the code - it would be fun to see all the various sentences that spring from it. Actually, the American version was sometimes rendered "Black boys rape ..." Fortunately, I never heard that version when I worked in the electrical industry.
>
> LK
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com>
>> Sent: May 7, 2014 5:04 PM
>> To: kelber at mindspring.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Subject: Re: V. for tomorrow
>>
>> what an excellent question, Laura ))
>> in Russian, they have something similar, and just as funny, although not
>> very lewd. i had to twist it a little bit, to draw it closer to the
>> original intention
>> easy, really
>> Mx
>>
>> On 08.05.2014 0:55, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>> Congratulations! Have to ask: how did you handle the resistor color code mnemonic?
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: May 7, 2014 4:06 PM
>>>> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>> Subject: V. for tomorrow
>>>>
>>>> dear colleagues,
>>>> just wanted you to know that today, to celebrate tomorrow, my editor
>>>> Shashi Martynova and myself submitted my humble translation of "V." to
>>>> the Russian publisher Eksmo. this is the third Russian translation of
>>>> the novel, and we hope that it will have a happier publishing destiny
>>>> than the previous ones, and better readers, too. we tried our best.
>>>> i'll keep you posted when they will have the artwork if you're interested
>>>> Happy Pynchon in Public day to all of you
>>>> Mx
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