Monday, September 12, 2005

 

Rerun: Sept. 12, 2001

(Four) years ago today, I jerked awake with the kind of fleeting panic that lets you know immediately that something is not right. Nothing, in fact, was right.

Sept. 12, 2001

--ER

Comments:
"...small and alone..." Were'nt we all at that time?
 
Mark, I reckon we were. Thanks for lettin' me know somebody is actually readin' my reruns!

--ER
 
esse dia era duro ntodos nós que nós ferimos toda para você
 
Hmm. I am not nearly smart enough to translatre that. Looks like something like ... I'm talking to hear my own voice? That's what this whole dang bpog is about! I'm just lettin' y'all in on it, too.

--ER
 
Seriously, anyone who can translate that, please do.

--ER
 
My best guess is that it means "It is too difficult to even give voice to."
 
I think "ntodos" is a typo. Other than that, I'm not sure. I know some Spanish but not much. Is that Spanish?
 
I believe it is Portuguese. It provides the best translation about the day being too hard to put into voice.
 
I've been reading your reruns, too, ER. I thought they were incredibly moving; a powerful story, told very powerfully.

Oh, and I wish I could translate for you but I don't speak that much Spanish.

I think we should write a song about yellow dogs. :)

RebelAngel
 
If the word "ntodos" is indeed supposed to be "todos", this is the Portuguese to English translation:

this day was hard all we who we wound all for you
 
ER, wonderfully written. It really took me back to that shell-shocked time. I didn't have a traveling day like you did, though I was not at "home" either. I was living in LA at the time, and there was much nervousness about the possibility that LA was next. The National Guard set up outside our window, lined up right along the street we drove everyday without giving it a thought. It was shocking to see. And I had one heck of a loooong waiting day, as I imagine most people did. I watched TV from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. non-stop (save for a shower). I literally could not believe my eyes.
 
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