V. for tomorrow

[rich]

too bad you're not in NYC Max--we'd buy you a beverage of your choice. some
of us plan to be at the Old Town Bar tomorrow to toast our guy and
ourselves. if interested give me a buzz

rich


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>> -----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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