Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am really far from being a Rossi-fan but this is a kitschy trick, > irrelevant and inefficient, and the natural reaction is contrary to that > expected by the reporter. > "The reporter" meaning Krivit? I expect exactly this kind of thing from him, but calling him a reporter is a stretch. Like saying Fox News is fair and balanced, to coin a phrase. This has nothing to do with cold fusion or Krivit's statements about it. This is about language and speaking with a foreign accent. It irks me! It hits close to home. It mortifies me to listen an audio recording of myself speaking Japanese. I don't sound that way in my inner voice. It pains me to listen to Donald Keene speak Japanese, because he manages to speak it with a strong Brooklyn accent. He is one of the most distinguished scholars and translators in history but Oy veh, that accent! Keene has been in the news a lot lately because has decided to spend his last years in Japan, and to become a Japanese citizen. This is in solidarity with the Japanese people in response to the tsunami disaster. It seems quixotic to me. The Japanese public is wild about the idea. The government, not so much. They do not welcome immigrants. They want him to fill in a blizzard of paperwork, and to prove that his parents were married and that he really does have a PhD. See: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/ft/2011/10/donald_keene_the_scholar_of_japanese_literature_has_little_time_.html - Jed
