tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764807567952769765.post8866772929019238528..comments2008-10-19T18:14:11.091+01:00Comments on Dispatches from Reading: ErsatzAntonio Cavedonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992582140133438737noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764807567952769765.post-36522193568965933882008-10-19T18:14:00.000+01:002008-10-19T18:14:00.000+01:00Hooray for Hermann Zapf. People easily forget how ...Hooray for Hermann Zapf. <BR/><BR/>People easily forget how modern he is!<BR/><BR/>(Wikipedia's translation is all right in a literal sense. But it may be missing the timbre. Usually speaking about things like 'Ersatzkaffee' – which may even be an english word has the connotation of it not just being a substitute but an inferior substitute. That's probably true for Zapf's statement as well.)ssphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14869883006584467279noreply@blogger.com