Re: Durkheim redux

From: Bill Spight (bspight@pacbell.net)
Date: Fri 15 Apr 2005 - 17:15:21 GMT

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    Dear Derek,

    The French Wikipedia has an entry for Boronali:

    http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boronali ,

    which includes this sentence:

    En raison du caractère abstrait de cette peinture, les critiques s'enthousiasment et l'affaire fait grand bruit jusqu'au jour où le journal Le Matin reçoit la visite de Roland Dorgelès qui révèle, constat d'huissier à l'appui, que l'auteur se nomme en fait « Lolo », et qu'il est l'âne du patron du « Lapin agile », célèbre cabaret de la Butte.

    The Babelfish tranlation has its own charm.

    << Because of the abstract character of this painting, criticisms are filled with enthusiasm and the business made great noise until the day when the newspaper the Morning receives the visit of Roland Dorgelès who reveals, report of usher to the support, that the author names in fact
    "Milk", and that it is the ass of the owner of "nimble Rabbit", cabaret of the Hillock celebrates
    >>

    The canvas went for 400 Francs. ;-)

    Best,

    Bill

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