La Rouille, by Herbert Le Porrier in English

Clutterfreak

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Jul 12, 2022, 2:20:58 AM7/12/22

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Is there an English translation of the book "La Rouille" by
Herbert Le Porrier made and available?

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Jeffrey Rubard

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Aug 25, 2022, 7:46:13 PM8/25/22

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"Made and available"?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Aug 25, 2022, 7:46:50 PM8/25/22

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"I mean, has it been prepared?"
A little time-sensitive, are we?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Aug 26, 2022, 7:24:16 PM8/26/22

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"I don't think you understand..."
I suppose. Could this be at all important, then?
"It could."
It could? Hmm!

Jeffrey Rubard

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Aug 27, 2022, 6:14:36 PM8/27/22

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"You're an ignoramus."
You think I don't know enough about the real details of this matter, then?
("Click" sound)

Jeffrey Rubard

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Aug 30, 2022, 12:02:49 PM8/30/22

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Often thought:
"They are robbing you blind."
"Are you sure there's not a comma in that sentence, somewhere?"

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 4, 2022, 6:33:17 PM9/4/22

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That is to say, people spread "folderol" with the purpose of self-aggrandizement so widely that they no longer "see the forest for the trees".

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 6, 2022, 5:25:21 PM9/6/22

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Have you heard of "hair-splitting" or "logic-chopping"?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 7, 2022, 3:37:00 PM9/7/22

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They've heard of you, kind of, haven't they?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 10, 2022, 7:10:52 PM9/10/22

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"No, like it really says something, talking about this obscure text and how it could have a new translation but..."
This is intended to be "informative", then?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 14, 2022, 11:26:07 AM9/14/22

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Okay, then it's just a "crock", it's a red herring to imply you have greater knowledge of the field and topic than you do.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 15, 2022, 4:43:06 PM9/15/22

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"Oh, but..."
No, but the "presuppositions" you smuggle into the routine may tremendously undermine it. Helper words like "oh, but" are really to lull *you* about this.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 16, 2022, 6:03:17 PM9/16/22

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"No, I think you don't see that..."
All of us are by now familiar with this "folderol" approach to stringing people along, never "deviating from a script"
such that questions about its legitimacy or utility could arise (including in the minds of the people "playing a long game").

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 17, 2022, 5:57:20 PM9/17/22

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"Whatever."
I'll take you up on that!

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 30, 2022, 5:33:51 PM9/30/22

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Define: "Sophistry".

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 1, 2022, 6:43:52 PM10/1/22

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"I swear, it's..."
No, that's "fraudulence". Try "sophistry". Explain "sophistry" to us.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 2, 2022, 6:41:06 PM10/2/22

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Is it anything like *As a Man Thinketh*?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 3, 2022, 9:51:32 PM10/3/22

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"Crackpot theory"

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 19, 2022, 7:05:41 PM10/19/22

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*Deus ex machina*, etc.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 20, 2022, 9:51:53 PM10/20/22

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"Brummagem"?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 23, 2022, 7:38:20 PM10/23/22

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Backstage:
"I'm telling you, it doesn't go wrong..."
Maybe "can't-miss" really means "never lands", though.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 26, 2022, 3:40:14 PM10/26/22

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"Isn't this a tiresome 'hobby-horse' con? Isn't that what your 'special new translation' amounts to?"

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 1, 2023, 3:37:12 PM9/1/23

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Wider World: "Yeah, that's what 'La Rouille' is."

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 2, 2023, 11:31:26 AM9/2/23

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"Do you call it 'rambling rose' talk?"
"Only sometimes would that be a normal locution. 'Spinning people yarn', etc., etc."

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 2, 2023, 3:41:22 PM9/2/23

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"What does it accomplish, doing this?"
"Not conveying useful information, that's not a thing it does."

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 2, 2023, 4:05:30 PM9/2/23

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"But perhaps it could be used to fool people."
"It doesn't *categorically* fool people, and the practitioners of it hardly remember to keep this in mind."

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 3, 2023, 4:43:31 PM9/3/23

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"Maybe it does, though."
"That seems like 'wishful thinking' in its entirety."

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 3, 2023, 4:48:05 PM9/3/23

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This "blurb" is well-known as announcing a ruse, I believe.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 4, 2023, 2:45:02 PM9/4/23

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"Yeah, it's pretty cheap and stupid. Do you think you can get away from these people?"

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 5, 2023, 11:38:10 AM9/5/23

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Hmm.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 10, 2023, 4:35:58 PM9/10/23

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Perhaps I could see about that, etc.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 11, 2023, 11:24:47 AM9/11/23

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Portland doesn't really suit me anymore, somehow.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Sep 30, 2023, 5:09:51 PM9/30/23

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Update: However, "La Rouille" is similar to the "traditional" version of this "I'm not sure..." scam.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 1, 2023, 11:15:22 AM10/1/23

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("It'll all seem new to you." Perhaps, instead, it is relatively newer to you.)

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 2, 2023, 11:31:23 AM10/2/23

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No, really. What if I was 'having game run' on me when you were not yet even alive, say in the 1990s?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 3, 2023, 2:38:59 PM10/3/23

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...so that I actually had a fuller, more 'comprehensive' sense of it than you?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Oct 4, 2023, 3:06:17 PM10/4/23

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...and other people would too? 'Cause it's a 'stock scam'?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Dec 14, 2023, 3:30:19 PM12/14/23

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Wider World: "Yeah, 'La Rouille' says 'we are joking' just generally..."