Friday 24 February 2017

Thursday, 24 February 2017 (417.22)

The reading stopped at: “jadeses whipt!” (417.22) 

Some favourites were:


1
He had eaten all the whilepaper, swallowed the lustres, devoured forty flights of styearcases, chewed up all the mensas and seccles, ronged the records, made mundballs of the ephemerids (416.21)


2
Was he come to hevre with his engiles or gone to hull with the poop? (416.31)


3
with Floh biting his leg thigh and Luse lugging his luff leg and Bieni bussing him under his bonnet and Vespatilla blowing cosy fond tutties up the allabroad length of the large of his smalls. (417.17)




With thanks to A. for this update!

(As soon as rheumatic joints allow handiwork again I'll resume making the collages.)

Saturday 18 February 2017

Thursday, 16 February 2017 (416.20)

The last reading stopped at: heartily hungry!” (416.20)


Find excerpts of Hansruedi Isler's excellent translation of THE ONDT AND THE GRACEHOPER into Swiss German, VOM ONTOMEIS UND EM GNADGÜMPER, by clicking the link below:


Courtesy of Hansruedi Isler © Zürich 2005.


Some favourites at the reading were:

1

...he loftet hails and prayed: 


3

4


(With renewed thanks to A. for the regular updates and pick of favourites.)

Sunday 12 February 2017

Thursday, 9 February 2017 (415.20)

The reading stopped at “day as gratiis!” (415.20).

Some favourites were:

1

2

3

With thanks to A. for this week's update.

Sunday 5 February 2017

Thursday, 2 February 2017 (414.29)


The group happily jogged along (as A. describes it) to: “waspering pot” (414.29)

Some favourite were:

1

2

3

There's an excellent translation of THE ONDT AND THE GRACEHOPER into Züridütsch by Hansruedi Isler. Find excerpts of his VOM ONTOMEIS UND EM GNADGÜMPER by clicking the link below:

Courtesy of Hansruedi Isler © Zürich 2005.


And thanks to A. for this week's update.

Wednesday 1 February 2017

Thursday, 26 January 2017 (431.31)

The reading stopped or, in Ron's words, sagged into silence at: “fumiform” (431.31)

Some favourites here:

1

2

3

With thanks to Ron for this week's update!