David Levinson writes: "On Google Tonio+Kroger+Mann turns up 596 Felix+Krull+Mann turns up 2580 So if Google is a good representation of the canon (its better than most), it suggests Krull is more important." I don't think this is correct. For instance, the search "Tonio+Mann" turns up 4,690 hits--almost all of which spell "Kroger" correctly--with an umlaut. Searching with high-bit ASCII character 148 for tonio+Krger+mann, yields 2,510 which, combined with the 318 of "tonio+Kroeger+mann" still puts it in the lead. The moral? Use Google with caution, particularly when dealing with foreign titles--I'm nowhere near certain that my efforts have resulted in an accurate representation of the relative frequency that the two works are mentioned. -- R. Robert Hentzel President and Chief Technical Officer, National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC P.S. Is this important? Well, not really. But it's a useful lesson in the subjectiveness of memory and the irritation of foreign-language titles. And the "limitations" of Google. And by subjectiveness of memory, I don't mean to pick on Roger--I have a ton of respect for him. Even now, with my official playing days long past, I'll play tournaments and be convinced that there was twice as much sports as science only to count the questions when I get home . . . and find that it was the exact opposite.
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