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

[Jochen Stremmel]

Having looked it up now in the www I saw for the first time that Slothrop's
"me" is italicized and the next paragraph with other puns and similes. I'd
say you have to keep the angle, Mike, and perhaps embellish it somewhat ...

2016-07-19 13:03 GMT+02:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:

> Or does Slothrop's remark indicate he suspects Katje already knows the
> altitude?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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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