I'm near the school and it's time to get off the bus
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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Another post about an interesting translator: Michael S. Rosenwald at the
NY Times reports that “Shuntaro Tanikawa, Popular Poet and Translator of
‘Peanuts...
7 hours ago
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[telephone conversation]
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Shop: Hello. You Me Bum Bum Train!
Caller: Uh ... beg pardon?
Shop: You Me Bum Bum Train!
Caller: Creep.
[hangs up]
That must happen
DeleteIt reminds me...there used to be a Chinese takeaway place in Camden.Jolly good chow mein, but a disconcerting exhortation to "go back for noodle boys."
ReplyDeleteoops! what they said was : "go back door for noodle boys."
ReplyDeleteSo appetising!
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