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Les Miserables/ Lame As A Bull

Thursday, May 5, 2020


You decide to join a book club and the first book you need to read for discussion is Les Misérables.
What is this book about? WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.

         

         

         

         Too many people garble language and in the process mishear vital information. Diction and pronunciation are key to communication. Speaking and reading one language has its difficulties, but introduce a foreign tongue? English has its quirks, but French may seem strange to the untrained ear.

         Les Miserables? Au Francais those ending s are silent and the middle s sounds like a z. I imagine most non-speakers would pronounce les as less, or Les short for Leslie, or Lester. Less miserable? Is there such a thing? Is it possible to be more, or less miserable? Less uncomfortable? Less grouchy? Lester Miserable?

         Lay-meez-eh-rab-le rolled off the tongue may become distorted, twisted and slurred into ' lame is a bull.'

         That's it, eureka! I've just read a book about the survivor of a bull fight narrated by the unfortunate beast himself.

         It's a classic tale of enticement and its aftermath. The bull is lured by the colour of passion, a red flash that teases him to react.

         To the screamed shouts of 'ole', not "olly' he struggles to elude a swift, sharp blade intent on piercing his heart. This book has it all, drama, chaos, action. The bull's voice resonates.