Comments on: Translating Ulysses into Twitter http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 09:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jenn http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1122822 Jenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1122822 Ian Bogost did this to great effect in 2007-- or at least "Wandering Rocks", which made it tolerable and interesting. http://www.bogost.com/blog/bloomsday_on_twitter.shtml Ian Bogost did this to great effect in 2007– or at least “Wandering Rocks”, which made it tolerable and interesting.
http://www.bogost.com/blog/bloomsday_on_twitter.shtml

]]> By: randomguy http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121811 randomguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121811 Why? Why?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121618 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121618 seventy years from now, books written in standard english will be as remote and distant to readers as olde english, shakespeare, chaucer is to the average reader today. the word "though" will look strange and antique, as will the word "antique" english will be all abreviations. "Tweet" will replace standard english. But what will replace tweet? Discuss. seventy years from now, books written in standard english will be as remote and distant to readers as olde english, shakespeare, chaucer is to the average reader today.

the word “though” will look strange and antique, as will the word “antique”

english will be all abreviations.

“Tweet” will replace standard english. But what will replace tweet?

Discuss.

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121385 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121385 Let the meta-Joyce Wars begin! Let the meta-Joyce Wars begin!

]]> By: James http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121389 James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121389 Um, I already did this. In 2007. http://booktwo.org/swotter/ http://twitter.com/#!/booktwo Please don't Stephen. Um, I already did this. In 2007.

http://booktwo.org/swotter/
http://twitter.com/#!/booktwo

Please don’t Stephen.

]]> By: James http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121390 James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121390 Well, I did it mindlessly, but still. Well, I did it mindlessly, but still.

]]> By: James http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121391 James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121391 And I meant to say, don't *tell* Stephen. Weird morning. And I meant to say, don’t *tell* Stephen.

Weird morning.

]]> By: RebNachum http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121650 RebNachum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121650 Let 'em tweet Finnegans Wake, if they want macho points. Let ‘em tweet Finnegans Wake, if they want macho points.

]]> By: yrarbil cilbup http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121401 yrarbil cilbup Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121401 Stupid is as stupid does,,, Stupid is as stupid does,,,

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121404 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121404 Stly, plmp Bck Mllgn cme frm th strhd, barng a bwl of lthr on whch a mrror nd a rzr ly crssed. #Ulyss Stly, plmp Bck Mllgn cme frm th strhd, barng a bwl of lthr on whch a mrror nd a rzr ly crssed. #Ulyss

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1122434 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1122434 <blockquote> Why? </blockquote> If you have to ask, you'll never understand... I'm just kidding; I have no idea why. Some people collect rare coins, some twits tweed Joyce. Go figure. I kinda liked <i>Finnegans Wake</i> and <i>Ulysses</i>, but I couldn't even finish the self-indulgent bitterfest that is <i>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</i>, no matter how stylistically clever the writing. To each their own.

Why?

If you have to ask, you’ll never understand…

I’m just kidding; I have no idea why. Some people collect rare coins, some twits tweed Joyce. Go figure.

I kinda liked Finnegans Wake and Ulysses, but I couldn’t even finish the self-indulgent bitterfest that is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, no matter how stylistically clever the writing.

To each their own.

]]> By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121429 JoshP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121429 that one is all y'all.. but if everyone wants to collective sock-puppet a hemingway facebook account... lemme know. that one is all y’all..
but if everyone wants to collective sock-puppet a hemingway facebook account… lemme know.

]]> By: NickPheas http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121433 NickPheas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121433 Tell the troll. Explain to him that copyright gives him the ability to play these games for life+70 years. Since Joyce died 70 years, 4 months and 13 days ago, all his wordz are belong to us. Tell the troll. Explain to him that copyright gives him the ability to play these games for life+70 years. Since Joyce died 70 years, 4 months and 13 days ago, all his wordz are belong to us.

]]> By: nehoccramcire http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121440 nehoccramcire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121440 Don't twead on me. Don’t twead on me.

]]> By: Jamie http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121706 Jamie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121706 Done. Back in 2009. http://twitter.com/#!/bloomsdaytweet Done. Back in 2009. http://twitter.com/#!/bloomsdaytweet

]]> By: Jamie http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121711 Jamie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121711 And obviously not the first and only to do so. And obviously not the first and only to do so.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121507 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121507 doomsday starts now doomsday starts now

]]> By: Toff http://boingboing.net/2011/05/26/translating-ulysses.html#comment-1121535 Toff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121535 Preferring a "tweading" on Twitter to a reading in a pub does strike me as horrific. Preferring a “tweading” on Twitter to a reading in a pub does strike me as horrific.

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