As most know by now, Douglas Adams died last Friday. I just visited his official website , which on the frontpage displays the "menucard" for his memorial service. A bit morbid, and very sad, too. There's is also a tribute option and there are lots of postings - and I must admit they might me laugh a bit. It's obvious to write "Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish" ... but I only ever read in English. But here are several other language interpretations; tributes include titles ".....Tack för all fisk " (SWE), "Au revoir & merci pour le poisson"(FRA), "Auf Wiedersehen und danke für den Fisch!"(DE),"Terve, ja kiitos kaloista"(FIN)...Farvel og tak for fisk, Douglas.

Btw, if I was to venture into another area of study, web tributes would definitely be something, I'd like to study. When recently Danish Queen Mother Ingrid died, the Danish newspaper Politiken established a tribute list online almost only minutes after the announcement. I read some of them the day after, and they were so heartfelt and moving many of them, highly personal and even poetic. Whereas I see the weblogg as mainly the means of expression of the more skilled and avid webbers - the web tribute seems closer to being a means of expression of the less skilled, irregular webber, hence closer perhaps, to the voices of most people briefly showing up on the web? Obviously, with the tribute being a one-time occurence there are natural differences in form, but still...Well, in my next life, I'd hopefully be able to say more about this.
# posted by Lisbeth at: 16:44