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notable, it should not eclipse the fact that 39 respondants said the y appeared to them in yellow. For 15 others, it suggested purple. Then comes oblivion — third place, after all. Oblivion is followed by green, which was mentioned seven times; black six times; no colour four times; blue, green, and red each named three times; brown, purple, and white twice each; and cyan, maroon, orange, gold, turquoise, sky blue, beige, and pink.
    149.3.6
    Statistics
    â€œOnly, I has de feeling she don’t talk much fer her age, I mean. Like today, when she said dat, it hit me dat she don’t often say real words. Don’t you tink?”
    â€œWell, might be she doesn’t have a whole lot to say. There’s plenty folks like that.”
    â€œI know kids don’t all come up de same way, there’s dem dat starts walkin’ later, udders get to talkin’ later, or wears nappies longer . . .”
    â€œWell, sure, but ’tisn’t like she doesn’t understand us, is it. I don’t think she’s deaf or anythin’.”
    The ads were coming to an end, and the TV show was about to start up again. Terry made haste to get his question in:
    â€œDo doctors check dat sort of ting?”
    â€œWell, I hope so . . .”
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    Terry and Carmen
    In Petites difficultés d’existence by France Daigle (Les Éditions du Boréal, 2002), translated by Robert Majzels as Life’s Little Difficulties (House of Anansi Press, 2004), readers learn that an arsonist completely destroyed the home of Étienne and Ludmilla Zablonski in Baltimore, which explains why the painter possesses so few objects from his past.
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    Forgotten/Recalled
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    History
    Regarding Petites difficultés d’existence , the second edition of the French version of the novel is preferable to the first, because the latter contains minor errors. Luckily, these errors do not actually affect the narrative itself, but they could confuse those who take pleasure in closer readings. Mention of the second printing is included in the publications page at the end of the book. If there is no mention of a second printing, you are in possession of the version containing errors. Those in possession of the English translation, entitled Life’s Little Difficulties , will be relieved to learn it does not contain the errors in the first edition of the French version.
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    Reserves/Reservations
    Elementary operation adding the numerals in the number 666, a number considered by some as satanic. Identical result when working from right to left, as in Arabic writing:
6 + 6 + 6 =
6 + 6 + 6 =
(6 + 6) + 6 =
6 + (6 + 6) =
(12) + 6 =
6 + (12) =
(1 + 2) + 6 =
6 + (1 + 2) =
(3) + 6 = 9
6 + (3) = 9
    154.97.1
    Numerals and Numbers
    Any attempt to elaborate a correct definition of desire will demonstrate to what extent people like Freud and Lacan were possessed of a kind of genius. Because there is no simple definition of desire. Similarly, the art and science of psychoanalysis is based on dense and intricate concepts, which are not easily rendered accessible to the layman. For the moment, let us limit ourselves to saying that desire is to psychoanalysis what strawberries are to strawberry pie.
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    Fervours
    The addition of the numerals making up the number 1,728, the multiple of 12 supposedly representing plenitude, yields a similar