[Vwoolf] Wikipedia v. other sources

Wed Jan 10 10:42:15 EST 2018

Some errors are easier toforgive than others. If you unearth one as a result of detailed andtime-consuming research, especially of formerly inaccessible resources, it's easier to understandwhy it was not discovered earlier. But what is unforgivable in the internet age(and I hope, more rare) is something that could easily be discovered by googlingand assessing the results. And if the research is inconclusive, say so. Unfortunately,some writers are tempted to use the more definite ‘is’ in preference to themore accurate ‘might be’.  

      From: Mark Hussey <mhussey at verizon.net>
 To: 'Sarah M. Hall' <smhall123 at yahoo.co.uk>; 'Stuart N. Clarke' <stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com>; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu 
 Sent: Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 15:25
 Subject: RE: [Vwoolf] Wikipedia v. other sources

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Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:13 AM
To: Stuart N. Clarke; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Wikipedia v. other sources  There's a book waiting to be written detailing all these errors, and I know just the person for the job . . . who else keeps letters from 1977?  However, who would publish it? I imagine almost all of them would feature inside.  From: Stuart N. Clarke <stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com>
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu 
Sent: Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 10:45
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Wikipedia v. other sources  
You may have mentioned this before - unless, of course, I spotted it myself! 
"Ville man vite noe em paven, for eksampel, eller Addison, eller bare prate 
om løst og fast ..."
WOOLF, Virginia (transl. Risvik, Kari; afterword by Anka Ryall), "Mrs 
Dalloway", Oslo, Gyldendal, Klassikerserien, 2003 reprint (1980), p.140

Many years ago, I wrote to Penguin to point out errors in their "A Room of 
One's
Own": they continued to reprint without correcting the errors, until they
produced a new scholarly edition.  I did, however, get warm and appreciative
letters in acknowledgement from someone named Pippa or Penny or Frances, or 
some such.

I've just found my correspondence from 1977: it was with Jenny ("[we] will 
indeed correct a further impression of this title").  Also, I informed the 
list about this on 15/1/11!

Stuart

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jeremy Hawthorn
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:11 AM
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Wikipedia v. other sources

Most annoying are errors that are pointed out but remain uncorrected (at
least Wikipedia allows correction, even if the process is flawed).

Early on in my time in Norway - about 1985 - I noticed that in the
Norwegian translation of "Mrs Dalloway" Clarissa's admission that if you
wanted to learn about Pope or Addison, Peter Walsh was the person to ask
(I'm on holiday so don't have the actual text) "Pope" is taken to mean
"the Pope" and translated accordingly. I wrote to the publisher, but the
last time I checked the error remained uncorrected.

Jeremy H
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