tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post9084197978833168305..comments2023-10-08T10:04:20.359-04:00Comments on A Father Talks with his Daughter about God: Tom Joad: ThunderdomeMontaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-88334219025342201082009-09-26T08:40:40.064-04:002009-09-26T08:40:40.064-04:00"En vrac" is probably unintelligble to a..."En vrac" is probably unintelligble to any except French readers, and of those, only the stevedores, dock workers and draymen will get it.<br />It actually is a way of saying "in bulk" that my first French girlfriend taught me...she whispered endearments that dealt with transport, shipping, and letters of credit.<br /><br />Funes was Borges' character with the ultimate photographic memory, using convoluted expressions like "the steamship 'General Rodriguez'" for concepts more simple to us, like "201"...the number 300 might be "the rose of Picardy" and so on.<br /><br />Needles in haystacks.....Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-27892199789908439342009-09-24T13:49:48.295-04:002009-09-24T13:49:48.295-04:00Now Tom Joad I know. It's things such as en vr...Now Tom Joad I know. It's things such as en vrac and Funes the Memorious that are out beyond my orbit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.com