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Super intense so far, i'm really into it, the pandemic/horror vibes are perfect đ, but very graphic - beware if you're squeamish đ¤˘
i'm not sure what page i'm at, but i finished chapter 8/20, hence why it says page 8. i'm so happy that we seem to be done with the hunter and gatherer of it all, but now that we are diving into more complex ideas and arguments, i'm starting to feel a little unsatisfied about the summaries the book is forced to give.
Ok I'm into it... Reads like Sedaris somewhat and cackling at some of these lines!
âI shouldnât have jumped after a flower.â He shrugged. âYou love flowers.â âI doubt you would have tried to catch the flower like that.â âBut I nearly fell off trying to catch you.â Hehehe that was cute đ¤
17% into the book, there's this quote: âOne of the many hypotheses coagulating in these early days of time-travel was that language informed experience--that we did not simply describe but create our world through languageâŚâ Wow. I haven't thought about it quite so clearly as this, but this rings so true. Why does inclusive language matter? Why do slurs have power? Because the language we choose shapes our reality. Makes me think about Babel by R.F. Kuang and its portrayal of translation as a tool of colonization. Here too, our narrator is a translator. At first, I was perplexed why her skill set was selected to help guide this expat to adapt, but now it's clicking: "According to the hypothesis, the more accurate their vocabulary, the more likely they would temporally adjust [...] assimilate." How true is this? If someone starts to say the "right" words, will their mindset shift? And when we see the most powerful man in America saying the wrong words, it matters. It shapes our reality. đ
Finally ready to get this tandem read started. I'm already liking the story so far!
Excited to see where this goes! Love a big, beefy MMC, so that's a check in the Win column!
It's freaking gore. What the f*** and i'm eating my lunch while i'm reading this f******. I don't know if this is a best idea but i'm enjoying it. đ¤Ł
I'm LOVING how Ji-Won is messing with George. đđ
BeTrobi is a wild language. I've read this book multiple times now and I'm only just starting to understand it. For example: remarkable isn't just that in BeTrobi. A thing that is remarkable does not have a one-to-one translation. It is described *in full* as (paraphrasing) "that which will only happen once in the lifetime of a canoe which has been carved by axe and hollowed by wood and..." ((I cannot remember the rest of it!)) For example: remarkable isn't just that in BeTrobi. The word "remarkable" does not have a one-to-one translation. It is described *in full* as (paraphrasing) "that which will only happen once in the lifetime of a canoe which has been carved by axe and hollowed by wood and..." ((I cannot remember the rest of it!)) This is why we get to see Rincewind struggling to understand "the reflected sound of an underground spirit"... Echo... Gnome... Ics... Economics.
This is so intense Iâm in tears and my heart is pounding đ I just know if itâs this bad at only 25% Iâm SO not ready for whatâs to come