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The copy-editor’s dilemma #11
Our series featuring the intoxicating language of Jean-Christophe Valtat’s Aurorarama draws to a close. For the last time, we present you with one of the weird and wonderful English… Read more »
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The copy-editor’s dilemma #10
In this, the penultimate installment, we again introduce the rare and wonderful English language used by Jean-Christophe Valtat in his novel Aurorarama – language that often stumped our dear copy-editor. Today’s… Read more »
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The copy-editor’s dilemma #9
Once again we bring you the peculiar English vocabulary French author Jean-Christophe Valtat employs so ingeniously in his novel Aurorarama – words that often left our copy-editor perplexed as to what… / Read more »
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The copy-editor’s dilemma #8
We return to the obscure but delightful English words that French author Jean-Christophe Valtat uses in his novel Aurorarama – words that had our copy-editor reaching for her dictionary. apperceive: to make… Read more »
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The copy-editor’s dilemma #7
We return with another English word from Jean-Christophe Valtat’s Aurorarama that stumped our copy-editor. williwaw: a sudden violent squall blowing offshore from a mountainous coast. Valtat explains how he… / Read more »
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The copy-editor’s dilemma #6
In a book filled with Inuit lingo, Victorian argot, and pure linguistic fabrications, it’s understandable that our copy-editor was not always sure which words in Jean-Christophe Valtat’s novel Aurorarama were… Read more »
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The copy-editor’s dilemma #5
Once again we introduce you to the delightful and arcane vocabulary of Aurorarama that frequently baffled our poor copy-editor. Today’s word is apport: the production of objects by apparently supernatural… Read more »
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The Copy-Editor’s Dilemma #4
Yet again we are exploring the rich language and varied references that make Jean-Christophe Valtat’s Aurorarama a novel of such layered delights. Today Valtat discusses the significance of the most… Read more »
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The Copy-Editor’s Dilemma #3
We return to Jean-Christophe Valtat’s exotic and enchanting vocabulary in his novel Aurorarama, a vocabulary that often led our copy-editor to reach for her dictionary in confusion. theophany: a visible… / Read more »
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The Copy-Editor’s Dilemma #2
Once again, we turn to some of the marvelous and obscure language contained in Jean-Christophe Valtat’s Aurorarama that baffled our poor copy-editor. hypnagogic: Of or relating to the state immediately… Read more »
