GR translation: masculinized to old worn moneybags

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Mike. Seems I got it right on this one.


On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> The general meaning is a wealthy person, here I think it means the
> mothers function only as a source of money, having lost all sexual
> allure. Moneybag as old form of purse.
>
> On 17/01/2026 05:53, Mike Jing wrote:
>
> > V747.13-17, P762.5-9   He is the father you will never quite manage to
> > kill. The Oedipal situation in the Zone these days is terrible. There is
> no
> > dignity. The mothers have been masculinized to old worn moneybags of no
> > sexual interest to anyone, and yet here are their sons, still trapped
> > inside inertias of lust that are 40 years out of date.
> >
> > In what sense is the word "moneybag" used here? The published translation
> > interpreted it as "a person characterized as having or desiring money; a
> > wealthy person," which doesn't seem right to me.
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