NP | ZK translation: into the pitch of street noise

[Paul Mackin]

Right on! Mark

On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> We're pitching together in the rain.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 11, 2017, at 10:55 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You could well be right, but to my ear pitch was an attribute of a thing
> (sound) standing for the thing itself. However I may be all wet.
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think I figured it out.
>>
>> 23. fig. The highest or supreme point or degree of something; the acme,
>> the climax.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> P207.20-208.5   Here we are, all this and more, things that normally
>>> escape the inquiring eye, a single searching look, so much to see, each of
>>> us looking at both of us, and then we shake it all off and walk down four
>>> flights into the pitch of street noise that tells us we’re back among the
>>> others, in unsparing space.
>>>
>>> In what sense is the word "pitch" used here?
>>>
>>>
>>
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