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Talk:Chapter 10: 94-104

2012-11-25T05:46:38Z

Mattmacleod: Created page with "Page 100: non-Nabobickal: "Nabob" refers to a person of great wealth or prominence. Therefore non-Nabobickal is the opposite; stellar Pynchon wordplay."

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non-Nabobickal: "Nabob" refers to a person of great wealth or prominence. Therefore non-Nabobickal is the opposite; stellar Pynchon wordplay.

Talk:Chapter 8: 77-86

2012-11-13T18:52:55Z

Mattmacleod:

I removed this sentence from the discussion on running amok because I could not find this sentence in the Wikipedia article:

:The contrast between what was seen as the normal placid character of Malays and a sudden outburst of frenzied violence played to Western perceptions of the 'irrational' East.

If I overlooked this text in the Wikipedia article, or if this sentence was added in as further commentary, then please add it back. -- [[User:Gideon|Gideon]] 12:16, 7 August 2007 (PDT)

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"his Fell": also - "a high barren field or moor" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fell)

Talk:Chapter 3: 14-29

2012-11-07T07:48:53Z

Mattmacleod:

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Ambit: the bounds or limits of a place or district; a sphere of action, expression, or influence ( Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambit )

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"Where the Bee Sucks" cites the composer Robert Johnson. The composer had died long before 1659; that citation is slightly misleading. He did set Ariel's songs to music but they were "harmonised for three voices by Dr. John Wilson". The book "Cheerful Ayres or Ballads" is Wilson's, not Johnson's.

See also: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Johnson,_Robert_(fl.1626)_(DNB00)

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Ort: a morsel left at a meal; scrap. ( Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ort )

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La Changhaienne: French, "Shanghainese". Changhai = Shanghai, most populous city in China. To "Shanghai" a sailor is to obtain them by nefarious means, often involving intoxicants.

- Matt

Talk:Chapter 3: 14-29

2012-11-07T07:32:38Z

Mattmacleod:

Talk:Chapter 3: 14-29

2012-11-07T07:05:01Z

Mattmacleod:

Talk:Chapter 3: 14-29

2012-11-07T06:25:37Z

Mattmacleod:

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Ambit: the bounds or limits of a place or district; a sphere of action, expression, or influence (Mirriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambit )

Page 19: "Where the Bee Sucks" cites the composer Robert Johnson. The composer had died long before 1659; that citation is slightly misleading. He did set Ariel's songs to music but they were "harmonised for three voices by Dr. John Wilson". The book "Cheerful Ayres or Ballads" is Wilson's, not Johnson's.

See also: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Johnson,_Robert_(fl.1626)_(DNB00)

- Matt

Talk:Chapter 3: 14-29

2012-11-07T06:13:26Z

Mattmacleod: Created page with ""Page 19" cites the composer Robert Johnson. The composer had died long before 1659; that citation is slightly misleading. He did set Ariel's songs to music but they were "har..."

"Page 19" cites the composer Robert Johnson. The composer had died long before 1659; that citation is slightly misleading. He did set Ariel's songs to music but they were "harmonised for three voices by Dr. John Wilson". The book "Cheerful Ayres or Ballads" is Wilson's, not Johnson's.

See also: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Johnson,_Robert_(fl.1626)_(DNB00)

- Matt