BE missing pieces

[Max Nemtsov]

you mean it's the virtual youth's last name, the one's who never is 
named in the rest of the episode? a sudden revelation of sorts, no 
wonder the author scratched it
i though it's some cultural reference i'm not aware of (and google 
didn't help)

On 20.02.2015 17:52, Dave Monroe wrote:
> Speevely = the loutish youth
>
> reconfigured = More Cowbell t-shirt to Armani suit
>
> e.g., http://www.chasingthefrog.com/morecowbell-t-shirts.php
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> guys, I'm working now on the Russian translation of BE, and i wonder if some
>> of you could help me with this (and for your info anyway)
>>
>> the kindle edition of the book i have has this passage from chapter 33:
>>
>> “Welcome to the bridge, Ms. Loeffler.” A loutish youth, unshaven, in cargo
>> shorts and a stained More Cowbell T-shirt. There is a shift in the ambience.
>> The music segues to the theme from Deus Ex, the lights dim, the space is
>> tidied by invisible cyberelves.
>>
>> Pynchon, Thomas (2013-09-17). Bleeding Edge (p. 356). Penguin Group US.
>> Kindle Edition.
>>
>> however the text i was given by the publisher who received it via the
>> well-known agent, has a slightly diff version of the same one:
>>
>> “Welcome to the bridge, Ms. Loeffler.” A loutish youth, unshaven, in cargo
>> shorts and a stained More Cowbell T-shirt.
>> "And you are..."
>> "Public relations."
>> "And right now you're... in uniform? out of uniform?"
>> "Actually, there's a menu..." which he reaches into empty air and pulls down
>> for her.
>> "Hmm... well, this Armani turnout here would look nice on you... Oh, and...
>> wait, hat options..."
>> Once they get this sorted, the reconfigured Speevely beams at her
>> expectantly for a while. There is a shift in the ambience etc.
>>
>> while it's pretty clear for me that i should stick to the final version, as
>> presented in the kindle edition, just for elucidation's sake, what, the
>> fuck, is Speevely? ))
>> Mx
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