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|    Martha Bridegam to Martha Bridegam    |
|    Re: MANIFESTO!    |
|    05 Mar 06 05:16:18    |
      From: bridegam@pacbell.net              Martha Bridegam wrote:       > selene1022 wrote:       >> Here's one from Wiki:       >>       >> C'est l'Ennui! -l'oeil chargé d'un pleur involontaire,       >> Il rêve d'échafauds en fumant son houka.       >> Tu le connais, lecteur, ce monstre délicat,       >> -Hypocrite lecteur,-mon semblable,-mon frère!       >>       >>       >> It's Boredom! ...                     Do you think "Ennui" might translate better as a combination       of "boredom" and "spleen," in the Jonathan Swift sense of       the latter? It can even mean something like "annoyance,"       can't it?              /M              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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