Not to mention that Hugo's vocabulary is notoriously huge. But I wonder if translation somehow mitigates that.
Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.
Buffy ,'Him'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Sep 15, 2008 7:49:54 am PDT #8749 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Jessica - Sep 15, 2008 7:49:54 am PDT #8750 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I read Les Mis in middle school, so I was probably 10 or 11. I loved it.
javachik - Sep 15, 2008 7:52:13 am PDT #8751 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
See, Jess and I have it in common.
I don't remember any huge words that weren't easily figureableoutable due to context. I am sure a lot of the revolution stuff went over my head, but the individual stories were what enthralled me.
Jessica - Sep 15, 2008 7:55:29 am PDT #8752 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am sure a lot of the revolution stuff went over my head, but the individual stories were what enthralled me.
Oh yeah, I'm sure there was a ton of politics I was missing, but I loved it anyway. I even read most of the random digressions (100 pages on the sewers, whee!)
DavidS - Sep 15, 2008 7:59:21 am PDT #8753 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cranioklepty: A History of Phrenological Graverobbing.
Famous skulls stolen from their graves: Mozart, Haydn, Descartes...
Dana - Sep 15, 2008 8:03:08 am PDT #8754 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Why is it, when you have a series of repair people in your house, each successive one looks at the work the previous one did and says "Oh, that's not right."
megan walker - Sep 15, 2008 8:05:20 am PDT #8755 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oh yeah, I'm sure there was a ton of politics I was missing, but I loved it anyway. I even read most of the random digressions (100 pages on the sewers, whee!)
I'm sure that's true of most French people too. Besides Waterloo, there isn't much on major events. Mostly of the revolutionary stuff is small scale stuff from the early 1830s.
I don't think I've ever seen it on the shelf here, how many volumes does it usually come in?
Jessica - Sep 15, 2008 8:06:24 am PDT #8756 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
One really really big one. The paperback I have is practically a cube.
Gudanov - Sep 15, 2008 8:07:16 am PDT #8757 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Why is it, when you have a series of repair people in your house, each successive one looks at the work the previous one did and says "Oh, that's not right."
I figure there are several possibilities. Nobody gets it right, there is no right solution, or there is more than one right solution. I have the same question about religion.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 15, 2008 8:11:05 am PDT #8758 of 10003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Happy Birthday Nora!
I knew I should have switched my 401K to oil company stocks...