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		Groxx 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025 tbh I don't think "researches language structure" has much at all of a correlation with "uses language in a pheasant manner". it happens to with Tolkein. but it's kinda like claiming a compiler optimization specialist is a good video game developer simply because games use compilers.

johngossman 6 months ago | [–]

I've been comparing Iliad translations. Some of best classicists, who best understand Greek and the original text, are lousy poets.

Groxx 6 months ago | [–]

Far too late to edit now, but I got a laugh out of the autocorrect "pheasant" at least

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