GR translation: ducking everybody else

[Mark Kohut]

I think it is one of the few typos. Should be “dunking”

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V569.11-15, P579.4-9   Wobbling, grinning hugely, Slothrop hollers his
> line: “I am the wrath of Donar—and this day you shall be my anvil!” Away
> they all go in a good roaring chase through the streets, in a shower of
> white blossoms, little kids squealing, down to the water, where everybody
> starts splashing and ducking everybody else.
>
> Does "duck" mean "evade" here? The published translation interpreted it as
> "to thrust (someone or something) underwater", which doesn't seem right to
> me.
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