tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913609798232369293.post4898927735266207115..comments2023-11-09T01:11:09.516-08:00Comments on Europrogocontestovision: Hebrew, Dutch, German, GreekAdam Roberts Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001572970456425902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913609798232369293.post-64881502299806978772008-11-19T09:19:00.000-08:002008-11-19T09:19:00.000-08:00Casting off also is an old expression for calculat...Casting off also is an old expression for calculating the size & leading of type for a given amount of copy.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the Beaver is a latinate French-Canadian typesetter on her coffee break, since "lace" could also be "l'aise", that is, taking her pleasure or ease … the plot thickens!<BR/><BR/>Václav, could you direct me to an URL where your Snark is offered/shown? Just in passing, are the rights in Czech available?Mahendra Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308770582240496910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913609798232369293.post-11162883033151715022008-11-18T17:49:00.000-08:002008-11-18T17:49:00.000-08:00P.S. The "casting off" or "casting-off" idea is su...P.S. The "casting off" or "casting-off" idea is supported by the way this term also applies to knitting, and lacemaking too (British usage) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20off<BR/><BR/>So, the Beaver casting off is a robust interpretation.vzjphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710370520758003753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913609798232369293.post-19991952002813711492008-11-18T16:57:00.000-08:002008-11-18T16:57:00.000-08:00I have more than a passing interest in this topic,...I have more than a passing interest in this topic, as the translator of the Czech version, in print. <BR/><BR/>I have a thought on another potentially latin-derived explanation, albeit referring to the First Fit.<BR/><BR/>There was also a Beaver, that paced on the deck,<BR/>Or would sit making lace in the bow:<BR/>And had often (the Bellman said) saved them from wreck,<BR/>Though none of the sailors knew how.<BR/><BR/>Thre latin for Beaver being Castor, I suspect casting-off had something to do with saving from wreck, and I can't help thinking that the making lace in the bow refers to the way the water reacts to a ship's bow slicing through it.vzjphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710370520758003753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913609798232369293.post-10682479817292338732008-11-02T13:33:00.000-08:002008-11-02T13:33:00.000-08:00I could not have put it better myself! These encod...I could not have put it better myself! These encoded messages which you have so diligently teased out of the Carolingian Matrix seem to me to be Proof Positive that things are not what they seem. <BR/><BR/>When parsing the Snark, I always advise my acolyte(s) to discard the words and draw whatever is left over. But I see that you are well ahead of me!<BR/><BR/>The game is afoot!Mahendra Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308770582240496910noreply@blogger.com