Sunday, August 23, 2015

Sékand Jíant Stoen Kouch

In mi poest uv Wénzdae, Juen 10tth, I wúnderd tthre tthingz alóud.
(1) hwi did I néver nóetis this jíant kouch on príur vízits tu tha [Histáurik Ésaks Kóunte] Káurtqhòus, aand (2) hwi iz thair a gráanit kouch fáesing tha káurqhous? I ges tha nekst tiem I'm thair I shood aakchuale sit in it — hwich I did not tthingk tu du hwen I wuz líening up mi fóetoez on Súndae. Máebe it's not so 'ùnkúmfe' áafter aul. I'l fiend out faur miesélf. ... Nou thaat I tthingk uv it, I haav tu wúnder [3] if thair ia a máaching stoen kouch on the úther sied uv tha páatthwae up tha steps tu tha bílding.

Wied vyu uv réd-brìk wáukwae flaangkt bi tue stoen kóuchaz.

I doen't haav réele good áanserz tu tha ferst tue kwéschanz. Aaz reegórdz tha sékand, perháaps tha dizíener uv tha káurtqhou kómpleks, tha graet Amáirikan órkitekt (aur "stórkitekt") Kaas Gílbert, wóntad péepool tu sit beefáur hiz máasterpèes aand just APRÉESHEÀET hwut thae wer séing.


Klóeser vyu.

Aaz reegórdz mi férst-nùmberd kwéschan, I ges I wuz áulwaez distráaktad bi tha maagnífisans uv tha bílding, awáe frum tha sabáurdinàt dizíen élamants in frunt uv it.
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It iz tha ttherd kwéschan thaat I seek tu áanser toodáe. On Áugast 30tth I estáablisht that yes, thair iz indéed a maach tu tha wun stoen kouch I shoed on June 10tth (tu the riet uv tha steps aaz yu look aat the káurtqhòus), tu tha left uv tha steps. It apéerz tu be uv tha saem siez aand kanfìgyuráeshan aaz tha ferst. Tha tue fóetoez abúv sho boetth. This nekst fóeto shoez a klóesùp uv tha left kouch, hwich I did not fóetagràaf in Juen, but óenle in Áugast.


Wuns I took a píkchur uv thaat sékand stoen kouch, I áanserd, faur miesélf, tha kwéschan uv hwi a stoen kouch in thaat loekáeshan (aand its pair doun tha wae) miet be síetad aaz tu let víziterz rest aand look up aat hwut wuz beefáur them. So I saat in tha sékand kouch. Tha ferst tthing I nóetist iz thaat it wúzan't so ùnkúmfe áafter aul!
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I did then look up aat hwut wuz iméedeatlè beefáur me, a stáachu uv sum simbólik féemail. A spléndid .PDF diskríphsan uv tha Káurtqhòus, witth méne fóetoez, públisht bi the Ésaks Kóunte Kaurts shoez thaat féemail stáachu bi Áandru O'Kóner aaz béing tíetoold "Truetth"..


I then muevd tu sit in the riet stoen kouch aand lookt up frum thair, tu sum simbólik mail hwich turnz out tu be "Póuar", áulso bi Áandru O'Kóner. Wikipéedeà'z órtikòol abóut thaat skúlptar duz not list éne uv hiz Nuark skulpchurz. Harúmf!


Tha tue stoen kóuchaz or surpríezinglè kúmfartabòol, aand not just faur stoen. So, if yu or in thaat visínitè aand inklíend tu sit beefáur sum uv Núark's distínggwisht órkitèkchur aand stáachuewère, tu rest, méditàet, aand perháaps kóntemplàet hou wúnderfòol a síte Núark iz, pleez du sit in wun aur the úther — aur boetth — uv theez wúnderfòol gráanit(?) kóuchaz.

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