Re: GR translation: why don’t you tell me the angle?

[Mark Kohut]

I also think it is a pun but I agreed with first ' most literal' reading because........assumed Mike could see the pun.....but must be hard to duplicate......

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> On Jul 19, 2016, at 6:49 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't have the book with me here (the following exchange should make it clearer) but I don't think so, Mike and Mark. If he does, it's a pun, and Mike should try as hard as possible to keep the pun alive.
> 
> 2016-07-19 1:06 GMT+02:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>> Thanks, Mark.
>> 
>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 6:00 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > i would say Yes.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> V223.5-15, P225.36-226.5   Rain bats against the glass, lemon and
>> >> myrtle trees outside shake in the wind. Over croissants, strawberry
>> >> jam, real butter, real coffee, she has him running through the flight
>> >> profile in terms of wall temperature and Nusselt heart-transfer
>> >> coefficients, computing in his head from Reynolds numbers she flashes
>> >> him . . . equations of motion, damping, restoring moments . . .
>> >> methods of computing Brennschluss by IG and radio methods . . .
>> >> equations, transformations . . .
>> >>        “Now jet expansion angles. I’ll give you an altitude, you tell
>> >> me the angle.”
>> >>        “Katje, why don’t you tell me the angle?”
>> >>
>> >> angle, n.2
>> >>  9. c. colloq. (orig. U.S.). A way of approaching a task; a modus
>> >> operandi, a method or scheme (sometimes with implication of dishonesty
>> >> or exploitation).
>> >>
>> >> Is this the meaning of the word "angle" used by Slothrop?
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