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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007autosu@infoseek.jp
Let me ask a question about the meaning of phrases from a novel. I believe Limbo Island would have developed a strong and specialized market in attracting tourists who are neither here nor there and would like to go somewhere in the middle of nowhere and do nothing about anything for a while. (p75, Isle of Dogs, by P.Cornwell) context: If the island's name were Limbo instead of Tangier, it would have developed so and so question: meaning of 1) tourists who are neither here nor there 2) somewhere in the middle of nowhere 2) must mean somethere in the middle of a land rarely visited by tourists 1) is hard to grasp its meaning. I could hardly guess what it means. Or, tourists who have nowhere to go because they have traveled too many places. >Let me ask a question about the meaning of phrases from a novel. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Or, tourists who have nowhere to go because they have traveled too many >places. Tangier Island (a real place and not an invention of Cornwell) is a remote island 14 miles out in the Chesapeake Bay that is relatively inaccessible. You can fly there or you can take a boat there, but you can't drive there. In that sense, it's in the middle of nowhere. Tourists usually go to places where there is something special to see or do. The only tourist who would choose Tangier Island as a destination is one who seeks out a place where there is nothing to see or do. They want to be in limbo; a state of oblivion.  SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL Tony Cooper のメッセージ: > Tangier Island (a real place and not an invention of Cornwell) is a > remote island 14 miles out in the Chesapeake Bay that is relatively [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > or do. They want to be in limbo; a state of oblivion. > -- So, "tourists who are neither here nor there" means ones who are unworthy of such, right? >Tony Cooper ??????: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >unworthy of such, >right? Not "unworthy" since "unworthy", in the US, would mean "not good enough". They are just people who think a vacation should be a time when they do nothing at all and a time when they don't want to interact with anyone else. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL |
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