САМО за фенове на Стивън Кинг! - 5 част

deadface ,равен нямаш 
Нищо не съм гледала , но само да излезе книгата  и ще си я взема веднага
Да напомниш тогава.

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Чак ме хвана яд, че убийствата не продължиха, за да видя как ще са описани  !

Stephen King misspelled it for the title because, in the book, the kids that made the sign for the pet cemetery misspelled it. King explains in a new introduction to the book that the real pet cemetary near his rented Maine house had a sign reading "Pet Sematary." This mispelling (obviously made by children) found its way into the book and the title.

Uhhh... okaay... I am going to point out something rather obvious here. Some of you may be shocked, and to tell the truth I am quite surprised myself that this has not come up before. After all, this is a book that has been read by millions of people, has been presumably edited, and has been presumably written by someone with a strong grasp of the English language. How this mistake could have come about and survived for so long is a mystery. A very strange mystery indeed. If anyone ever writes about this in the future I want this review here at Amazon to be credited. I am the first person to bring this up. Therefore, I want credit. I am not going to give out my personal information here, however, I have not found mention of what I am going to mention anywhere else on the Internet.

The fact is, that the word "Cemetery" in the second part of the title is spelled incorrectly. As I suggest above, it is actually spelled as "cemetery" and not "sematary". Phoenetically, the two are the same, so one could see how a mistake could have been made. However, I have looked it up and both Merriam Webster's and American Heritage dictionaries back me up on this one, with the definition being "A place for burying the dead; a graveyard"; there is no entry for sematary. I have not checked Oxford English but, from a Google search, it is fairly clear that the word as it is used in the book refers to this one. Now, there might be another word in a different language or old English slang that is "sematary" and has a similiar meaning, however, I have not been able to find it. And if that were the explanation, wouldn't it seem strange that so many people don't know it? I mean, it might easily confuse people who thought that "sematary" was actually the misspelling of "cemetery."

To be frank, I wish this book were never published. As a Ph.D. in Linguistics, I can definitely assert that the misspelling of words is one of the biggest problems that we have in society today. I read somewhere that around 10% of Americans are functionally illiterate. Contributing to this problem through such lax spelling standards is actually doing a great harm to society. In fact, I would not be surprised if, after reading which I am now writing, the Justice Department decided to open a lawsuit against Mr. King's publisher. I am writing to Attorney General Gonsalez about this, but please, don't let me be the only one. Write him a letter or send him an email. Look, I'll just give you a template.

"Dear Attorney General Gonsalez,

As a concerned citizen I have deduced a major error in the printing of a popular novel, "Pet Cemetery," by Stephen King, wherein the numerous publisher(s) including major houses such as Sagebrush and Doubleday are negligently exposing Americans to incorrect spelling. It is important for the sake of public education, especially books that could be read by children and adolescents, that high standards of spelling be maintained.

Sincerely,
__________"

Copy and paste this and send it to the Justice Department. E-mails to the Department of Justice, including the Attorney General, may be sent to AskDOJ@usdoj.gov. All it takes is a second to open your e-mail, but you can be a part of this people power movement to make America a better place!! DO IT NOW!

Ultimately, it shocks me that such an error could even have gone uncaught for so long. I guess it's like the story of the Emperor's new clothes. This book has been around so long that people probably assume that there can't be any errrors, especially one so obvious. This causes even those who would ordinarily know the spelling to second-guess themselves. But, hey, not all of us have a superior intellect. And everyone should have their 15 minute of fame. I guess discovering this error in this book will be mine. Am I correct, or just an idiot? But I am a person of an open mind, I dont judge a book by just one spelling error. You know what they say "dont judge a book by its cover." Ive read the book of course and it is quite suspenseful. So I will give it two stars. But please, in the future when you are reading a book, don't just accept the editor's work! There could still be mistakes!

Am I correct, or just an idiot?

"There is really only one writer of mystery and detective fiction who comes close to replacing the irreplaceable John D. MacDonald ...The writer is Lawrence Block." (Stephen King )

Самсара, още ли се чудиш какво да зачетеш или това по-горе беше риторичен въпрос? 

Не е риторичен, има много за четене, голям списък, но съм в много особено настроение и в такива моменти не мога да избера какво да чета, не ми се чете какво да е....ей такива глупости 

deadface, сега се зазяпах да видя какви книги на  Баркър има издадени и сякаш не са много. По книжарниците виждам че има само 2та тома на Абарат. Но това което прочетох за книгите ми хареса и ще се събират пари. Ама лошо влияеш на бюджета ми,ей. 

А да те питам нещо - тези разкази за които спомена, че превеждаш, за твое лично удоволствие ли го правиш или професионално?

deadface,  спорна работа с превода.