markers and rats

[George Thompson]

Actually, Tuesday, January 19, 2010, Section !, p. 27, col. 4

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:43 am
Subject: markers and rats
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU

> From Monday's NYTimes; an interview with a guy who owns a fish
> restaurant, remembering visits to the Fulton Fish Market as a child,
> with his father:
> Most unforgettable character: Artie Behrens only sold markers; you
> never saw the rats. [Translation from fish-market speak: He sold only
> the biggest and best fish, never throwaways.]
>
> The translation in [] is not my commentary, but was offered by the Times.
> This is copied from the Times' website: I saw in in the grubby old
> paper copy on Monday, but forgot to save it, and so don't have the
> section or page reference.
>
> GAT
>
> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
> Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
>
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