Re: GR translation: each man’s wind

[Mike Jing]

I'm not sure, it just seems strange to me that breath would be loud enough
to interfere with conversation. Or maybe it's not loudness that's at issue
here?


On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> If it is anything else, how does the analogy with motor work?...."wind and
> motor"???
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V521.41-522.5, P530.36-41   Well, this is stimulant talk here, yes
>> Enzian’s
>> been stuffing down Nazi surplus Pervitins these days like popcorn at the
>> movies, and by now the bulk of the refinery—named, incidentally, for the
>> famous discoverer of Oneirine—is behind them, and Enzian is on into some
>> other paranoid terror, talking, talking, though each man’s wind and motor
>> cuts him off from conversation.
>>
>> What does "wind" mean here? The published translation interpreted it as
>> "breath", which doesn't seem right to me.
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