Re: GR translation: It’s the most disgustin’ thing I ever seed!

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I think Mike's the one doing us a favor, by asking thought-provoking questions that require a close read. This is what we were trying to do with our group read of the Beyond the Zero section of GR, earlier this year - which failed miserably.

It's exactly what the p-list is supposed to be about. Enjoy it!

Laura 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>When someone asks for a service, a favor, it is not an invasion to ask to what end such a service would help.  Stop being a boob.
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>David Morris
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>On Monday, December 5, 2016, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Well, I do not think it is a 'good' question at all. I do not think it is a nice question.
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>I think it is an invasion of privacy question and I hope Mike does not answer it. 
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>This is a distinction without a difference that matters for the doing of the translation and
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>especially for us on the Plist trying to 'help'. Sometimes.
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>Although, if you have cared about Mike's efforts from the beginning you might have had
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>enough caring to remember that he did virtually answer this in the way back. 
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>On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:29 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Good question.
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>On Monday, December 5, 2016, Alexei du Périer <alexei.duperier at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Are you translating GR for your own pleasure or for a publisher?
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>2016-12-05 10:55 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
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>Thanks, Laura and Mark.
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>On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 5:17 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also, has roots:
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>> seed - Wiktionary
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>> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seed
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>> From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed, that
>> which is sown”), from ..... (dialectal) simple past tense and past
>> participle of see ...
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>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 2:51 AM, kelber at mindspring.com
>> <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>> I can't see any other meaning than the one you suggest. The ungrammatical
>>> conjugation of the verb gives the verse a dumbed down feel.
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>>> LK
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>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
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>>> Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> V534.3-8, P543.6-11
>>>        Doper’s greed,
>>>        Oh, doper’s greed!
>>>        It’s the most disgustin’ thing I ever seed!
>>>        When you’re out there feelin’ fine,
>>>        It’ll turn you into swine,
>>>        If you ever get a taste of DOPER’S GREED!
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>>> Is the word "seed" here used as the past tense of "see" because of the
>>> rhyme, or is it something else?
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