[lbo-talk] Animal Kingdom

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Tue Mar 8 17:44:28 PST 2005


Yes, she is dazzling. And illustrates quite nicely the homespun brilliance and freshness of a writer belonging to a culture that still has a strong oral element.

Joanna

Dennis Redmond wrote:


>Riverbend continues to dazzle:
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>"The old Iraqi saying sums it up nicely,
Tireed erneb- ukhuth erneb.
>Tireed ghazal- ukhuth erneb.

The translation for this is, You want a
>rabbit? Take a rabbit. You want a deer? Take a rabbit.


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>Except we didnt get any rabbits - we just got an assortment of snakes,
>weasels and hyenas."
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>http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
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>-- DRR
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