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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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