Open
Conversation
Check inline comments. Some parts are unclear what is meant by certain phrases.
JJ
requested changes
Apr 3, 2017
Owner
JJ
left a comment
JJ
left a comment
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Also some changes here. Thanks anyway for the good work.
| That was apparently not enough to restore the broken railway links | ||
| between the Republic and the US. Beyond Mobile, the railroad was blown | ||
| up to, at least, Red Bluff. So the easiest way to go from here to | ||
| up to, at least in Red Bluff. So the easiest way to go from here to |
Owner
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Can you revise this? without the "at least", it reads blown up to Red Bluff
| and whatnots inside a steamer they're gonna get mighty nervous, I tell | ||
| ya. So no way Noah would have made it for forty days. Unless he got him a | ||
| circus manager like we did. Friend of saying platitudes, but a good organizer | ||
| circus manager like we did. Fond of saying platitudes, but a good organizer |
| you stick a couple of wings and a rocket up its butt and made it fly? | ||
| No way, man, absolutely no way you could put the thirty-odd carriages | ||
| in airships, you would have needed so many of them. Yes, you love | ||
| in an airship, you would have needed many of them. Yes, you love |
| This was my first chance to actually drive the mech. Aw, man, we are | ||
| calling it a hoborg, but just from a couple of nights ago! Just let me | ||
| This was my first chance to actually drive the mech. Aw, man, we were | ||
| calling it a hoborg just a couple of nights ago! Just let me |
Owner
There was a problem hiding this comment.
This was kind of the answer to someone telling him "it's a hoborg", and answering, right, but it's a recent name...
| No, it does not even come close to driving a horse and I ain't never | ||
| piloted a car. It's a metal box with a wheel and several levers and | ||
| knobs. I was told to never get farther than a dozen feet from from it, | ||
| knobs. I was told to never get farther than a dozen feet from from it, /* not get a dozen feet from it? unclear what is meant*/ |
| soul, man. No man's got a soul, nobody. It's humbug the American | ||
| capitalistas have been feeding you. So how come a fucking mechanical | ||
| contraption have a soul if not even you have it! But, boy, does it | ||
| contraption can have a soul if not even you have it! But, boy, does it |
Owner
There was a problem hiding this comment.
how come it have a soul, is what I was aiming for here. "Come" is colloquial for "can"
| was just a bit cranky. Who knows. He could not have gone there, | ||
| anyways, because the space was taken by a bulk covered with a | ||
| was just a bit cranky. Who knows. He couldn't have gone there, | ||
| anyways, because the space was taken by some crates covered with a |
|
|
||
| I didn't have the time to stay around to watch it any more because the | ||
| Boris the circus manager grabbed me again and had me doing Chinese, putting | ||
| Boris the circus manager grabbed me again and had me doing Chinese, putting /*doing chinese? what is meant here? translating?*/ |
Owner
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Circus lingo: http://www.csmonitor.com/1988/1129/hcirc.html
| things in cabins, covering the carriages with tarpaulins and hauling | ||
| supplies belowdecks. Which is a nice word that somebody shouted while | ||
| we were doing there and means in the basement of the ship. | ||
| supplies belowdeck. Which is a nice word that somebody shouted while |
Owner
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Belowdecks is correct https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belowdecks
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
2 participants
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Check inline comments. Some parts are unclear what is meant by certain phrases.