tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post7704960026672713523..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Let's Hear it for Horace 2Bryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-26641366938766708802009-03-10T09:47:00.000+00:002009-03-10T09:47:00.000+00:00Say what you will about Horace Engdahl, but at lea...Say what you will about Horace Engdahl, but at least he isn't enough of a jerk to off-handedly insult the native tongue of 9.2 million people without any knowledge of it.mrtnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517667489664163136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-14003944074383135562008-10-01T21:09:00.000+00:002008-10-01T21:09:00.000+00:00I am looking forward to reading his "Essay in Nine...I am looking forward to reading his "Essay in Nine sections" !! It sounds thrilling!<BR/><BR/>... oh ... no ... the other one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84006729510920367202008-10-01T12:59:00.000+00:002008-10-01T12:59:00.000+00:00In defence of Horace, he has also played prominent...In defence of Horace, he has also played prominent role on editorial board of Kris magazine.. not a lad's mag or porno-lite spin-off TV show.. nor the eponymous organ / mouthpiece of Cory Aquino's daughter Kris (gameshow host and film star with controversial love of shoes).. no, we're talking about that meaty, weighty.. heavee.. Swedish academic journal 'Kris' translated (because Horatio loves a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-48329774729969523292008-10-01T12:37:00.000+00:002008-10-01T12:37:00.000+00:00He looks like Andrew Lloyd Webber's twin, the one ...He looks like Andrew Lloyd Webber's twin, the one they separated at birth and sent to Sweden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-207314278447676792008-10-01T10:38:00.000+00:002008-10-01T10:38:00.000+00:00A fencer doesn't really 'dodge' a rapier: that imp...A fencer doesn't really 'dodge' a rapier: that implies he's hurling his body about, Matrix-style. He parries or blocks with his own weapon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-56969250973472274082008-10-01T10:27:00.000+00:002008-10-01T10:27:00.000+00:00That quote sounds better in German, so I presume i...That quote sounds better in German, so I presume it sounds better in Swedish too. Our national newspapers used to be full of such sentences, particularly the Feuilleton and Review pages. "The unctuous thread of the melody uncurls into the sweet chiaroscuro of the Unfathomable and is captured and brought back to earth by the insistent crescendo of the second interval."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-17529084974696739152008-10-01T09:44:00.000+00:002008-10-01T09:44:00.000+00:00Almost anything a Swede is likely to utter is best...Almost anything a Swede is likely to utter is best left in the decent obscurity of its native tongue.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89578299568307922952008-10-01T09:11:00.000+00:002008-10-01T09:11:00.000+00:00Can I gather from this, Bryan, that Mr. Horace is ...Can I gather from this, Bryan, that Mr. Horace is not flavour of the month with you?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-17302375491234582902008-10-01T09:05:00.000+00:002008-10-01T09:05:00.000+00:00Crikey and My Hat Bryan, I wouldn't want to get on...Crikey and My Hat Bryan, I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of you, tho' I agree that Horace (it just had to be a name like that) is way off the mark with his thesis, easily disproved, and his rather spooky appearance (because he's worth it?) backs up his outlandish take on US literature. But on the credit side, have you not seen limp looking men like this in many Bergman mid-period movies,mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.com