# I listened to The Odyssey, the Wilson translation

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 6, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176 "2026-08-06T01:24:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176/81 "2026-08-17T13:57:44Z")

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But you could describe “sausage” as “pig bowels stuffed with fat and offal” and lay out what it really is, too. Lots of food is gross, when you look too closely at it.

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176/82 "2026-08-17T14:35:54Z")

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You definitely could. But I like the novelty of the presentation.

Heck, I find the “standard” translation of “sausage” as pretty gross, considering how they rhapsodize about the lovely fat glistening on it.

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176/83 "2026-08-17T14:38:21Z")

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> [@ASL\_v2.0](#):
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> I think it comes down to where you place the emphasis: on the _pa_ or the _pa_. Or, wait, that is, the _first pa_ or the _second pa_.

I place it on the _oom_.

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**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176/84 "2026-08-17T15:25:12Z")

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> I place it on the _oom_.

I see what you’re trying to do tuba us.

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