United Nationsand

[William Ryan]

The obvious response, that this is a typo created by careless cutting 
and pasting, may be correct - but those of us who have worked on editing 
manuscripts know the axiom 'lectio difficilior potior' and seek for 
other explanations. 'Nationsand' is full of subtle semantic suggestions 
and possibilities. The Gospel of Matthew 7:26, about the 'house built on 
sand'  springs immediately to mind in this context. James Joyce and 
Lewis Carroll would have rejoiced in the possibilities of online Boolean 
search - Google offers 3050 hits for "nationsand" and 718 for 'united 
nationsand'. Here are some examples:

'The growing threat to abortion on demand in America has the *United 
Nationsand* American liberals in a rage.'

'Article 7 Duty to ensure the safety and security of /United Nationsand/ 
associated personnel.'

/'United Nationsand/ signed onto the Millennium Declaration.'

Just a thought during my coffee break,
Will Ryan//




Vadim Besprozvany wrote:
> Dear seelangers,
>
> I need to translate the word "Nationsand" into Russian. The context 
> comes as follows: "United Nationsand to enjoy unhindered access to 
> refugees" so the word doesn't look as a typo. I found some texts with 
> the word on Google but the contexts were not very much telling. I 
> didn?t find this word in any dictionaries. I was only able to guess 
> that this is a synonym of the word ?Nations? but with no reference to 
> the name of United Nations Organization.
> Of course, this is just a tour de force - I still have no somehow 
> validated solution.
>
> All the best,
>
> Vadim
>
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