The Book and Its Author:
"Presten som ikke kunde brukes" was written in Norwegian but printed
in the U.S., using fraktur ("gothic") type several decades after
Norway itself had gone over to Roman type. The most likely reason is
that the book's target audience had learned to read Norwegian when
fraktur was still the norm. Unlike most fraktur texts, the book
generally uses boldface instead of "gesperrt" (spaced-out) type for
emphasis, while non-Norwegian words are shown in quotation marks
instead of being printed in "Antiqua" (Roman) type.
The "Folkebladet" mentioned in the introduction is probably the
Norwegian-language weekly newspaper published in Minneapolis,
1877-1952.
Carl Edin Nordberg was born in 1880, presumably in Norway. At the time
of his death in 1926, he was professor of Norwegian and Religion at
St. Olaf College in Minnesota.
Errata:
Typographical Errors and Misspellings:
_The spelling of names and of English words was corrected only when
the expected form could be found elsewhere in the text._
og samtidig selv ligget under for samme synd
_text reads "slev"_
... med prestens norsk,» sa Petter Hendrickson
_text reads "Peter"_
cottonwooden skjalv
_text reads "cottenwooden"_
vore egne landsmænd
_text reads "ovre"_
menighetens utvikling
_text reads "menighttens"_
fandt det rettest at ta / imot tilbuddet.
_spelling unchanged_
Ved ti-tiden paa / formiddag
_text reads "formidag"_
to voksne gutter og tre voksne piker
_text reads "vokne piker"_
pastor Skarpings «Chevrolet»
_text reads "Skarpsings"_
Da vi kjørte med «broncho»-ponierne
_text reads "brancho"_
utvortes pent og ærbart liv
_text reads "ærart"_
Den stund du utrækker din haand
_text reads "hin"_
fortsatte formanden.
_text reads "formaanden."_
Gaa ind til din Herres glæde
_text reads "Gak ind til min Herres glæde"_
den deiligste hvite sne
_text reads "deligste"_
nelikker
_spelling consistent for this text_
en trist juleaften uten mor
_text reads "stuleaften"_
fremtrædende øienbryn
_text reads "fremrtædende"_
Men saa en vakker dag
_text reads "vaker"_
Prof. G. R. Vowles says in his forword:
_text unchanged_
Mr. Nordberg's thesis helps to make clear
_text reads "help"_
ever fresh and gripping romances
_text reads "griping"_
Punctuation and Spacing:
de unge prestefolk, pastor / og Mrs. Johnson
_invisible period_
«Naar Jesus kommer ind i / huset» og mens
_text spaced as "... huset »og..."_
blandet sig op i bekjendtgjørelserne.
_missing period_
«Hello holyones»
_text unchanged_
det hovmodige menneskehjerte.
_text reads "menneske.hjerte" at line break_
Samfundets formand var ankommet aftenen i forveien
_text reads "ankommet,"_
før det blir forsent
_text unchanged_
Quotation Marks:
The _form_ of quotation marks (single ' or double ", high or low)
is as in the original. Usage was adjusted in cases of ambiguity or
clear error.
When a single word in quotation marks comes at the beginning or end
of a character's speech, the second ("outer") quotation mark is almost
always missing. Long (multi-paragraph) speeches may or may not have
quotation marks at the beginning of each paragraph.
quotation marks _added_ by transcriber, shown here in braces:
uker.{»} Nu var hun aldeles utmattet.
_position of close quote conjectural_
{«}Efter ham kom pastor Framness
{«}Saa kom pastor Reierson
_quotation marks added to second and third paragraphs of
continued speech_
men der er saa faa som gaar den vei.{»}
_position of close quote conjectural_
{«}Klub paa engelsk, forstaar du, ikke «klub» paa norsk.{»}
{«}Hvor meget vil han ha for det?»
{«}«Plumberne» er nu de største / løgnere allikevel,»
... være der og «runne standen»,{»} sa han.
{«}Hvorledes er det med os
{«}Desuten var vintrene strenge her i nordvesten
den omtalte {«}progressive supper»
W. U. fraraadet ogsaa det slags {«}party,»
saa vi faar / alle med.{»}
til en {«}bruskejænkifamilie»
supperen skulde jo / være «progressive{»}
«Hovedtanken i teksten,» sa han, «var +'vei for Jesus'+.{»}
en forloren søn,» sa han. {«}Som
quotation marks _removed_ by transcriber, shown here in brackets:
[«]Man kan ikke arbeide iblandt de levende
hans eget homestead.[»] [«]Jeg
_same speaker continuing within same paragraph_
«Var det der vi bodde, papa,» sa smaaguttene.[»]