Monday, January 19, 2009

 

That can't be good...


Someone just tipped me off that my book is for sale in Switzerland for 20.9 Swiss Francs.

The bad part? Check out the description, noting that "Title must be worried." Hmmmm... what do you think that means?

[Up to this point, I have pretty much just been worried about that guy behind me with the hoe]

# posted by Mark Osler @ 1:19 PM
Comments:
It's not that it may be worried; it MUST be. I thoroughly enjoy the name/title/whatever of the seller: versandkostenfrei! If I could pronouce it i'd yell it randomly in crowds.
# posted by Blogger Jessica : 1:27 PM
 
Seems to me like a mistranslation of "Publication/delivery might be delayed."

For some grade AA mis-translations, check out David Sedaris' new book, When You are Engulfed in Flames.
# posted by Blogger _B_ : 1:55 PM
 
I thought this was hilarious. Thanks for adding this to my day, Osler.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 3:28 PM
 
Interestingly, a used copy is for sale at the Starr Book Shop in Cambridge already. Interesting, since it hasn't been released yet!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 3:28 PM
 
Jessica, it is actually very easy to pronounce. Hmmm maybe that is just because I speak German.

On a different note, I'm not saying that someone is justified in hitting another with a hoe in response to being yelled at for snacking, I'm just saying that I understand. I may not take the same actions but I can understand why one would. Snacks are delicious and you infringed on the person's right to the pursuit of happiness.
# posted by Blogger liberaldespoticterrorist : 5:34 PM
 
The question is... who is holding the garden implement?
# posted by Blogger Christine : 6:59 PM
 
Tha is one 'preppy' tie. Perhaps that is the problem?
# posted by Blogger Christine : 7:00 PM
 
This is why i left Switzerland: the language just has TOO many hard words to remember, and the construction is just too weird for me . . .

I still have a German dictionary, though, Jessica, and apparently your word means "free shipping." Crazy . . .
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 10:03 PM
 
And those Swiss . . . books were just so damn expensive there, too . . . I think the dollar is pretty even with the CHF, so that would be about $20.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 10:05 PM
 
Perhaps it is not a hoe. Perhaps it is a comb.
Bob
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 11:05 PM
 
Sorry, Prof, but I've got to call a spade a spade, and that's a spade.

Also, Jessica, es ist geprÃĪgt "VER-zan-KOST-un-fry."

Es bedeutet "free shipping."
# posted by Blogger No one : 2:43 AM
 
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