From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2025-12-28, Lynn McGuire  wrote:   
      
   > "To Turn the Tide (1) (Make the Darkness Light)" by S.M. Stirling   
   >     https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Tide-Make-Darkness-Light/dp/1668072637/   
   >   
   > I must admit that I enjoyed brushing up on my Latin while reading the   
   > book.  Salve, salve !  Ave Imperator ! ! !   
      
   Stirling has a bad track record in this regard.  From my review of   
   _Marching Through Georgia_:   
      
     A minor point: why can't authors who throw in phrases in a language   
     they don't know ask somebody who does to check? Stirling manages   
     to misspell nearly every German word or phrase, and there's an   
     expression or two that doesn't even remotely resemble German. The   
     Russian looks suspicious, too.   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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