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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Welsh" <susanwelsh at VERIZON.NET>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:12 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Character encoding

>I am a new member of the list, and am having trouble reading some of the
> messages, such as that below (it's gobbledygook at my end). My default is
> Unicode, but I have tried all the Cyrillic encodings I have, and still 
> can't
> read this one, and some others.
>
> Is there a standard encoding for the list? (I vote for Unicode, which can
> read just about anything.)
>
> Thanks,
> Susan Welsh
>
>
> Date:    Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:11:37 +0000
> From:    Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
> Subject: Vasily Grossman: Zhilitsa -  some remarkable word play
>
> Dear all,
>
> =91Zhilitsa=92 is a very short story, written in 1960.
>
> An old woman dies, shortly after moving into a new room with absurdly few
> belongings.  She turns out to have once been someone important, and to 
> have
> been only recently released after 19 years in the camps. She dies 
> suddenly.
> Someone else moves into her room and she is quickly forgotten.  One day
> everyone is playing cards (podkidnoy durak) when a letter comes for her.
> Only one of the card players remembers who she is.  It is an official
> letter: her late husband, who died in prison in 1938, has been 
> rehabilitate=
> d
> =91on account of lack of evidence=92.  They=92re not quite sure what to do 
> with
> the letter.
>
> The story ends as follows:
> "=C2 =F1=E2=FF=E7=E8 =F1=EE =E2=ED=EE=E2=FC
> =EE=F2=EA=F0=FB=E2=F8=E8=EC=E8=F1=FF
> =EE=E1=F1=F2=EE=FF=F2=E5=EB=FC=F1=F2=E2=E0=EC=E8 =F0=E5=F8=E5=ED=E8=E5=EC
> =C2=EE=E5=ED=ED=EE=E9 =EA=EE=EB=EB=E5=E3=E8=E8
> =C2=E5=F0=F5=EE=E2=ED=EE=E3=EE =D1=F3=E4=E0 =D1=D1=D1=D0 =EE=F2 8/5 1960
> =E3=EE=E4=E0 =C2=E0=F8 =EC=F3=E6 =C0=F0=E4=E0=F8=E5=EB=E8=FF
> =D2=E5=F0=E5=ED=F2=E8=E9 =C3=E5=EE=F0=E3=E8=E5=E2=E8=F7=
> ,
> =F3=EC=E5=F0=F8=E8=E9 =E2 =E7=E0=EA=EB=FE=F7=E5=ED=E8=E8 6/7 1937 (*)
> =E3=EE=E4=E0, =EF=EE=F1=EC=E5=F0=F2=ED=EE
> =F0=E5=E0=E1=E8=EB=E8=F2=E8=F0=EE=E2=E0=ED, =E0
> =EF=F0=E8=E3=EE=E2=EE=F0, =E2=FB=ED=E5=F1=E5=ED=ED=FB=E9
> =C2=EE=E5=ED=ED=EE=E9 =EA=EE=EB=EB=E5=E3=E8=E5=E9
> =C2=E5=F0=F5=EE=E2=ED=EE=E3=EE =D1=F3=E4=E0 =EE=F2 3/9 1937 =E3=EE=E4=E0,
> =EE=F2=EC=E5=ED=E5=ED =E8 =E4=E5=EB=EE =E7=E0
> =EE=F2=F1=F3=F2=F1=F2=E2=E8=E5=EC =F1=EE=F1=F2=E0=E2=E0
> =EF=F0=E5=F1=F2=F3=EF=EB=E5=ED=E8=FF =EF=F0=E5=EA=F0=E0=F9=E5=ED=EE".
> - =CA=F3=E4=E0 =F2=E5=EF=E5=F0=FC =FD=F2=F3 =E1=F3=EC=E0=E3=F3?
> - =C0 =EA=F3=E4=E0 =E5=E5, =ED=E8=EA=F3=E4=E0. =CE=E1=F0=E0=F2=ED=EE
> =EE=F2=EE=F1=EB=E0=F2=FC.
> - =DF =F1=F7=E8=F2=E0=FE, =EC=FB =EE=E1=FF=E7=E0=ED=FB =E5=E5 =E2
> =E4=EE=EC=EE=F3=EF=F0=E0=E2=EB=E5=ED=E8=E5 =F1=E4=E0=F2=FC,
> =EF=EE=F1=EA=EE=EB=FC=EA=F3 =FD=F2=E0 =E6=E5=ED=F9=E8=ED=E0
> =E8=EC=E5=EB=E0 =E7=E4=E5=F1=FC =EF=EE=F1=F2=EE=FF=ED=ED=F3=FE
> =EF=F0=EE=EF=E8=F1=EA=F3.
> - =C2=EE=F2 =FD=F2=EE =EF=F0=E0=E2=E8=EB=FC=ED=EE. =CD=EE
> =F1=E5=E3=EE=E4=ED=FF =F3 =ED=E8=F5 =E2
> =E4=EE=EC=EE=F3=EF=F0=E0=E2=EB=E5=ED=E8=E8 =E2=FB=F5=EE=E4=ED=EE=E9.
> - =C0 =EA=F3=E4=E0 =EE=F1=EE=E1=E5=ED=ED=EE =F1=EF=E5=F8=E8=F2=FC.
> - =C4=E0=E2=E0=E9=F2=E5 =E5=E5 =EC=ED=E5. =DF =E7=E0=E9=E4=F3
> =ED=E0=F1=F7=E5=F2 =ED=E5=E8=F1=EF=F0=E0=E2=ED=EE=F1=F2=E8
> =EA=F0=E0=ED=EE=E2 =E8 =E7=E0=EE=E4=ED=EE =E5=E5 =F1=E4=E0=EC.
> =CF=EE=F2=EE=EC =E2=F1=E5 =ED=E5=EA=EE=F2=EE=F0=EE=E5 =E2=F0=E5=EC=FF
> =EC=EE=EB=F7=E0=EB=E8, =E0 =E7=E0=F2=E5=EC =EC=F3=E6=F1=EA=EE=E9
> =E3=EE=EB=EE=F1 =EF=F0=EE=E8=E7=ED=E5=F1:
> - =D7=E5=E3=EE =E6=E5 =FD=F2=EE =EC=FB =F1=E8=E4=E8=EC. =CA=EE=EC=F3
> =F1=E4=E0=E2=E0=F2=FC?
> - =CA=F2=EE =EE=F1=F2=E0=EB=F1=FF, =F2=EE=EC=F3 =E8 =F1=E4=E0=E2=E0=F2=FC.
>
> The last line has many meanings, I think.  Not only =91kto ostalsya v
> durakakh, tomu i...=92
> But also
> Kto ostalsya v zhivykh, tomu i...
> Or
> =CA=F2=EE =EE=F1=F2=E0=EB=F1=FF =E2 =E4=EE=EC=E5...
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