Re: Two meanings

Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:

> Another possibility:  when Borges was writing, perhaps Rioplatense /s/ was
> still apical? Or was at least, amongst upper class speakers?
I don't think so. I'm sure I've heard recordings of Borges, and
he definitely has a laminal /s/ (and a definite, nasty upper-class
Porteño accent). :)

> Is Carlos Argentino Daneri possibly of Italian descent? I don't recall that being
> mentioned, but it might be one more reason for the narrator's scorn........
Yes. IIRC Borges says that CAD retains "the Italian _s_ and the copious
Italian gesticulation... separated by two generations". I don't know if
Borges had any trouble with people of Italian descent.

BTW, to those who read _Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius_ and were taken
aback by Borges' appreciation of the English, it's worth mentioning
that Borges was of English descent -- his mother's family name was
Haslam (one Haslam appears as the author of a treatise on labyrinths
-- ficticious, of course -- in the very same story).

> I was wondering about the other refs. at the bottom of the web page Tristan
> gave us-- in particular "Luis Briceno y Confuerde de los Juemos: A look
> back".  It certainly _could_ be a Borgesian title, but I don't recognize it.
> Is LByCdlJ a real person??
Not that I know. I think it's rather long for a Borges title, too.


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